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+ Defense Breaking: Trump orders return of steam catapults on carriers, fifth public shipyard—WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has ordered a return of the steam catapult to Ford-class aircraft carriers along with the establishment of a new, ...
+ Defense Breaking: Priorities for Army fires top off SMD Day 3—Concluding our coverage from the Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama, Breaking Defense Multimedia Director Daniel Woolfolk and ...
+ Defense Breaking: Army gears up to ‘engage’ enemy surveillance satellites—HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The Army is seeking new kit to directly engage adversary satellites from the ground, particularly if and when sensing sats are used...
+ Defense Breaking: Army fires community tackling four ‘capability gaps,’ including magazine depth—HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The Army’s new Portfolio Acquisition Executive Fires shop is trying to bridge four key “capability gaps” as it works on 62 programs...
+ Defense Breaking: Day 3 of the 2026 Space and Missile Defense Symposium—The annual Space and Missile Defense Symposium concluded today with remarks from NORADs second-in-command Lt. Gen. Joseph Jarrard and director of the ...
+ Defense Breaking: Polish Navy floats first frigate under major modernization program—WARSAW — ORP Wicher, the first of three multi-role frigates planned under the Polish Navys Miecznik modernization program, was officially launched int...
+ Defense Breaking: Army’s Iron Horse brigade prepares to test M1E3, XM30 prototypes—DETROIT — The commander of the first brigade to receive the Army’s new M1E3 Abrams tank and XM30 Infantry Fighting Vehicle told Breaking Defense this ...
+ Defense Breaking: On Asia trip, DoD policy chief has praise for AUKUS, and a warning for ‘middle powers’—MELBOURNE — The Pentagons top policy official said today that the US is happy with ongoing progress on the AUKUS trilateral partnership, with Australi...
+ Defense Breaking: AI’s next leap for the Intelligence Community: Agents managing agents—TAMPA — The future of the US Intelligence Community is likely to involve networks of AI agents working amongst themselves — exchanging information, co...
+ Defense Breaking: AEVEX to acquire BlackSea Technologies for up to $650M—WASHINGTON — Defense technology company AEVEX is acquiring naval technology firm BlackSea Technologies for up to $650 million, in an attempt to bolste...
+ Defense News: US Marines roam far and wide from temporary Darwin base—This year marked the 15th deployment of U.S. Marines to Australia under the Marine Rotation Force-Darwin (MRF-D) initiative, but this year’s rotation ...
+ Defense One: New US security entities hint at more Latin American operations—The recent establishment of a organized-crime task force by U.S. Southern Command is the latest expression of the Donroe Doctrine, the administrations...
+ Defense One: As warfare becomes engineering, the era of the digital mercenary dawns—Private cyber firms will be allowed to take action against foreign threats under a new White House policy, another step into a future where tech devel...
+ Defense One: Intel ops are underway at Space Command’s nascent Alabama HQ—HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Less than a year after President Trump reversed a Biden-era decision to keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado, space intelligen...
+ Defense One: Pentagon hands Palantir up to $244M in no-bid work—Palantir has secured another lucrative commitment from the Defense Department: a pledge to pay the company up to $243.9 million to use its s...
+ Defense One: Iran war reveals protection of space assets on bases has to ‘evolve,’ top general says—HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Iran’s deliberate targeting of U.S. radar systems during Epic Fury shows that the military has to change the way it pro...
+ Defense One: Defense Business Brief: VR welding; News from SMD; L3Harris opens maritime factory—PASCAGOULA, Miss.—Thick puffs of clouds didn’t stop the sun from beating down on the shipyard. And only a strong morning breeze could cut ...
+ Defense One: New Marine commander takes the helm in the Pacific—MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII—The Marine Corps’ “future lies in the Pacific,” Commandant Gen. Eric Smith said Tuesday as Lt. Gen. J...
+ Defense One: Five things Space Command says it needs to win tomorrow’s wars—HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Space weapons and refuelable satellites are among the items needed to preserve the U.S. military’s orbital edge over Ch...
+ Defense One: The lasers are coming, but don’t forget training—HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—Lasers and high-powered microwaves will need equal standing to traditional weapons when it comes to the Army’s approach t...
+ Defense One: ‘There is no Golden Dome’ unless Congress prioritizes funding, general warns—HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—The sprawling Golden Dome missile-defense program is in peril because the White House decided to seek the vast majority of its ...
+ Military Times: Bill seeks nationwide concealed carry for special operators —Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., a former Navy SEAL who told police that he accidentally shot himself while visiting a national park, filed a bill this week ...
+ Military Watch: Iran Adopted Innovative New Missile and Drone Strike Tactics to Exploit U.S. Air Defence Weaknesses—The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) progressively refined its missile and drone operations during the the first five months of hostil...
+ Military Watch: Japanese F-15 Fighters Engage Chinese Y-9 Advanced Recon Aircraft Near Okinawa—The Japan Air Self-Defense Force scrambled F-15 fighter aircraft to intercept a Chinese Y-9 reconnaissance aircraft conducting a flight through the Ea...
+ Military Watch: Putin Visits Frontlines of Border Standoff with Japan: How Well Defended Are the Kuril Islands?—Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first visit to the disputed Kuril Islands on August 13, travelling to Iturup, one of the four southern islan...
+ Military Watch: Russian Su-35S Shot Down Ukraine’s Elite Su-27 Air Superiority Fighters in Two-on-One Air Battle—A Russian Aerospace Forces Su-35S fighter pilot reportedly destroyed two Ukrainian Su-27 fighters during a single air engagement, according to Sergey ...
+ Military Watch: First Chinese J-10C Fighters Delivered to Uzbekistan Air Force—The Uzbekistan Air and Air Defence Forces have reportedly received their first Chinese J-10C fighters, following months of reports that pilots and mai...
+ Military Watch: The World’s Most Expensive Warship: New American BBG(X) Battleships Cost Twice as Much as Nuclear Aircraft Carriers—The U.S. Congressional Budget Office has released a new assessment estimating that the first vessel of the U.S. Navy’s proposed BBG(X) nuclear-powered...
+ Military Watch: New U.S. THAAD Radars Are Finally Getting the Russian S-300’s ‘Mobile Sensor Platform’ Function—The United States is looking to develop a new generation of highly mobile air-defence radars, after U.S. and allied missile-defence systems faced sust...
+ Military Watch: U.S.-Supplied F-16 Fighters in Pakistan Were Too Obsolete to Fight India in 2025—Pakistan’s ageing F-16 fourth generation fighter fleet was reportedly constrained during the 2025 India-Pakistan conflict by the limited range of its ...
+ Military Watch: Russian Missile and Drone Strikes Can Continue Without Pausing Due to Expanded Production - Ukraine Warns—Russia is continuing to expand and reorganise its production of missiles and long-range strike drones, making a sustained pause in attacks against Ukr...
+ Military Watch: Su-57 Fighter’s New Central Role Securing Russian Air Superiority Confirmed by Air Force Commander—Russian Air Force Commander and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces Sergey Kobylash has provided new details on the roles of the...
+ Military Watch: China Develops Unique Aircraft Carrier Doctrine to Counter U.S. Navy in the Pacific—Recent assessments of the China’s aircraft carrier program has indicated that it is increasingly developing around a different strategic concept to th...
+ Military Watch: Chinese H-6 Strategic Bomber Arrives in Thailand for Joint Exercises - Reports—Thai sources on August 11 widely reported the appearance of a Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force H-6 strategic bomber in the country, which ap...
+ Military Watch: Russia’s Most Powerful Attack Helicopter Adapted for Air Defence Duties with New Anti-Drone Missiles—Russian Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopter units have been reconfigured for drone interceptor operations, responding to the growing threat posed by Ukr...
+ Military Watch: World’s Largest Strategic Transport Aircraft in Production Enters New Generation in China with Multirole Modular Design—Chinas state broadcaster CCTV has revealed that the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) Air Forces Y-20B strategic transport aircraft can rapidly transition...
+ Military Watch: India Begins New Phase of Su-30MKI Fighter Production with Russian Parts and Support—India is reviving production of the Russian Su-30MKI fighter at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s (HAL) Nashik facility, bringing a license production a...
+ Military Watch: Ukrainian Drone Attack Takes Out Russian S-400 Launcher After Multiple Ballistic Missile Strikes: Can it Wear Down the Air Defence Arsenal?—A Ukrainian drone strike launched by the country’s Unmanned Systems Forces has destroyed a launcher from a Russian S-400 long range air defence system...
+ Military Watch: Diversion of Forces to Fight Iran Threatens to Diminish American Influence in South Korea —The U.S.-led war effort against Iran is reportedly placing increasing pressure on U.S. Armed Forces stocks of air-defence interceptors and precision-g...
+ Military Watch: Russia Integrating FPV Drones Onto Tanks to Transform Strike and Recon Capabilities —Russia is assessing the viability of integrating first-person-view (FPV) drones onto its main battle tanks, as part of efforts to combine conventional...
+ Military Watch: North Korea Stationing Up to 50,000 Personnel in Russia, Zelensky Warns: How Will it Reshape the War Effort? —Russia is reportedly preparing to receive between 30,000 and 50,000 additional North Korean military personnel, according to Ukrainian President Volod...
+ Military Watch: New Abrams Tank Exercises Highlight Republic of China Army’s Rapidly Adapting Defence Doctrine —The first deployment of M1A2 Abrams tanks during the Republic of China Army’s Han Kuang 42 exercises has represented a landmark in the modernisation o...
+ MT Congress Pentagon: Bill seeks nationwide concealed carry for special operators —Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., a former Navy SEAL who told police that he accidentally shot himself while visiting a national park, filed a bill this week ...