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Air Warfare

USAF should buy newly designed air refuelers to meet China threat: Report

By Michael Marrow

The new must-have capabilities for drones

Electronic warfare, GPS denial, and battlefield attrition are driving new requirements for small UAS.

By Breaking Defense

Land Warfare, Pentagon

Is the Pentagon’s demand signal for drones working? It depends on who you ask.

“There's a lot of positive signaling, but we need to see the whites of the eyes: We need to see sustained, normalized demand,” said James Slider, CEO of Performance Drone Works.

By Ashley Roque

Naval Warfare

EXCLUSIVE: SOUTHCOM chief seeks unmanned river solution as he embraces autonomy

In an interview with Breaking Defense, Gen. Francis Donovan said autonomous systems are “not just for testing anymore” but “taking the fight to the enemy.”

By Wilder Alejandro Sanchez

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Land Warfare

Helsing rolls out Contra air defense design, plus two new inteceptors

The company claims the Contra system can track and engage “hundreds or thousands of drone and missile threats at the same time.”

By Aaron Mehta

Naval Warfare

Cyprus to acquire new offshore patrol vessel with ‘advanced’ naval systems from Israel

The new patrol vessel will be built by Israel Shipyards and "support expanded patrol, surveillance, and search-and-rescue missions," according to Israel's Ministry of Defense.

By Seth J. Frantzman

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Global

Unmanned systems take center stage at Turkish Ateş Serbest military demonstration

The highlight of the exercise may have been the Turkish military showing off a new drone for the first time: Turkish Aerospace Industries’ Ayaz, a turbojet-powered one-way attack unmanned aerial vehicle.

By Agnes Helou

Networks & Digital Warfare

GDIT announces Amy Johnson as new president

Johnson replaces longtime president Amy Gilliland, who was let go from the company earlier this month after almost a decade of leading the business unit.

By Aaron Mehta

Space

Space Force reveals first 6 ‘operational’ contracts for civil reserve support in space monitoring

Space Systems Command officials said the contracts are an initial step for the Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve (CASR) initiative, and don't address the thornier issues of US rights to deny other customers service or reimbursement for satellites lost in a conflict.

By Theresa Hitchens

Space

Kyiv eyes purchase of planned ICEYE, Nokia ‘sovereign’ communication sats

The letter of intent comes on the heels of the political dust up between US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk over a US move to throttle Ukraine's Starshield access that has all but grounded the countries military drones in its war with Russia.

By Theresa Hitchens

Global

Qatari Barzan unveils aerial drones, unmanned surface vessels at Milipol 2026

“This is a significant achievement, particularly as we continue to expand Qatar’s domestic defence and security capabilities in a year where we have had to rise to a number of regional challenges,” the company said in a statement.

By Agnes Helou

Naval Warfare

HD Hyundai, Kiewit unveil plans for new US shipyard

The companies said they aim to build both US auxiliary and commercial vessels at the shipyard.

By Diana Stancy

Air Warfare

Natilus secures Air Force contract to develop blended wing body aircraft

“We think now's the right time” for a blended wing body design to make its debut, Natilus Chief Operating Officer Nolan Giblin told Breaking Defense.

By Michael Marrow

Space

Space Force shifts into high gear on cislunar warfare, with RFIs coming soon

Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy, the Space Force’s portfolio acquisition executive for advanced programs, said the service wants to field cislunar capabilities by the end of fiscal 2029.

By Theresa Hitchens

Global

‘Ability to strike back’: Denmark commits to long-range missile orders

Copenhagen said it would purchase Joint Strike Missiles for its F-35s and a new ground-launched munition from an American firm.

By Tim Martin

Opinion

The Pentagon has gone too far in using the Other Transaction Authority. Congress should act.

Created in 1958 for NASA, the obscure fiscal tool has since become the predominant approach to military contracting – at great risk to taxpayers, one researcher warns.

By Julia Gledhill

Space

MDA awards $75M to Long Wall for low-cost, midcourse interceptor testing

Long Wall is matching the Missile Defense Agency's funding with its own capital to continue development of the Cyclops, according to the company.

By Theresa Hitchens

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