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US flexes new ship-sinking weapons at summer naval exercises

By Mike Yeo

Pentagon, Congress

How a new Pentagon memo ‘resets’ industry requirements, plus highlights from TechNet

A new DoD memo affecting Pentagon contractors, plus tech news out of Georgia.

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Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani defense pact to boost Turkish industry, entire trilateral ‘ecosystem’

“The Mecca Pact should not be viewed simply as an arms-export agreement. It is much broader," one expert told Breaking Defense.

By Agnes Helou

Naval Warfare

Navy establishes new defense industrial base office: Cao

Andrew Magliochetti, who previously served as the director of the Navy’s Office of Small Business Programs, will oversee the Office of the Defense Industrial Base.

By Diana Stancy

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Hypersonics, rocket startup Ursa Major to go public in $2.3B deal

"This transaction will help us turn that foundation into the production capacity our customers need,” CEO Chris Spagnoletti said.

By Valerie Insinna

Air Warfare

UK provides Ukraine classified long-range SCALP missile blueprints

The provision to Kyiv comes alongside increased tensions between Moscow and London over the UK's support for Ukraine.

By Tim Martin

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Diving into Trump’s unusual shipbuilding plans, plus an SMD expo floor tour

Naval Warfare

Navy reveals new long range air-to-air missile, dubbed ‘Malice’

The Navy said that the missile is designed for 4th, 5th, and 6th generation aircraft platforms.

By Diana Stancy

Air Warfare

Saab shows off loyal wingman drone it hopes to offer Swedish Air Force

The A3, which Saab says may become the sales product, could enter service within ten years if the government decides to proceed with the aircraft.

By Jonas Olsson

Networks & Digital Warfare

Army Cyber created an ‘integrated fire’ cell for Epic Fury

“Over the past five months, the teams have really been able to hone their skills based on the work they're doing inside of a live environment and I think we're getting better and better every day because of that," the ARCYBER commander said.

By Mark Pomerleau

Global

Polish firm MESKO signs $2B deal to arm 4 NATO nations with MANPADS

The weapons will go towards Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Norway under an EU program known as EDIRPA.

By Bartosz Głowacki

Naval Warfare

Australia identifies future defense precinct site for AUKUS sub sustainment

It has also conducted a keel laying ceremony for the first Hunter-class frigate

By Mike Yeo

Global

Turkish FNSS unveils unmanned amphibious assault vehicle

“İ-ZAHA [is] designed to take the crew out of the first wave which is the highest-risk phase of any amphibious assault and to operate as part of a manned-unmanned team (MUM-T) with the Marine Assault Vehicles (MAV) already in service with the Turkish Naval Forces Command,” FNSS said in a statement.

By Agnes Helou

Air Warfare

Pentagon counter-drone task force preps ‘shoot-off’ for directed energy prototypes

The event will be structured such that a promising demonstration could result "in a purchase order that allows us to start building the production lines to get these systems into the field,” said Army Brig. Gen. Matt Ross, director of the Pentagon’s JIATF-401.

By Michael Marrow

Space

Space war 2040: SPACECOM preps for attacks on ground segments, eyes cislunar ops

The Space Warfighting Environment 2040 is unique because it "was deliberately written to be warfighter-first, not technology-first," an official at SPACECOM's Joint Forces Development and Training team told Breaking Defense.

By Theresa Hitchens

All Domain

Taiwan proposes record $35 billion defense budget

The new budget proposal will have to be approved by the opposition-controlled legislature.

By Mike Yeo

Land Warfare

Army cyber defenses need ‘dedicated funding’ for AI, top official says

Dedicated funding is key, according to the Army's principal cyber advisor, because the service's cyber command cannot fund AI work strictly from their operational budget.

By Mark Pomerleau

Networks & Digital Warfare

‘Hot competition’: NSA deputy sounds alarm on China threat, AI race

NSA Deputy Director Tim Kosiba said Beijing is playing "spoiler" the world over, alleging, for example, that "Chinese companies provided GEOINT to the Iranians to help hit our bases and our allies."

By Lee Ferran

Pentagon

How the Army balances Patriot priorities and approaches Golden Dome

A brief chat with the chief of the Army's Space and Missile Defense Command.

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