The secretary of defense made his pitch for a war-focused military, arguing "mounting urgency" required a cultural change against "ideological garbage." ...

As the Air and Space Forces Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference comes to a close, Breaking Defense’s Lee Ferran and Michael Marrow dive into new details about Israel’s strike targeting Hamas ...

"You can be assured we will do what is necessary to defend our cities, our people, our infrastructure, but it doesn't mean that we will always immediately shoot down a plane," said Rutte, appearing at ...

MAUI — NATO has put $728 million in common funding into a “capability program plan” to flesh out the 32-member alliance’s new(ish) Space Operations Center, according to a senior NATO officer. “It is ...

The bill also directs the Director of National Intelligence to appoint a single official to oversee the acquisition of commercially available information by all IC agencies.

The continuing resolution does not include $3.9 billion requested by the White House for the Columbia-class submarine, but gives funding flexibility to other key programs.

MSPO 2025 — Following interest from Kyiv, Sweden is open to selling advanced Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine once the war with Russia ends, Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson told Breaking Defense.

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force KC-46A Aerial Refueling Aircraft departs for a refueling mission during Exercise Cope North 25, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. MELBOURNE — Japan’s Ministry of Defense ...

The Airborne Reconnaissance and Electronic Warfare System (ARES) is an aerial-intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft that Army is contracting as a service to test which airframes will ...

SMD 2025 — The Trump administration’s Golden Dome initiative to create an all-encompassing air and missile defense shield over the US will be the most ambitious Pentagon weapons program since Ronald ...

A Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Cost Reduction Initiative missile is launched during a successful Integrated Battle Command System flight test at White Sands Missile Range in 2021. (Darrell Ames/ US ...

Flag of Iran on a computer binary codes falling from the top and fading away. (Getty images) Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in conjunction with the NSA and ...