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Canada to invest $1.4B in armored vehicles in partnership with GDLS-Canada

As GOP debates defense spending, Air Force chief pushes for supplemental, $1.5T budget

“There's a wide array of things that we have stopped spending money on so that we could pay for the bills that are associated with Epic Fury,” Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach told Breaking Defense. “That's why you need a supplemental for this year.”

By Michael Marrow

Networks & Digital Warfare

CMMC may be paused, but cybersecurity audits likely to return: Industry, experts

The CMMC Phase II pause “shouldn’t be a shocker to anybody,” according to Katie Arrington, thought of as the creator of CMMC. But, she said, at the end of the day the Pentagon is likely to come back around to where it is now, realizing “that there really is no other way to get compliance.”

By Mark Pomerleau

Space

Schiess likely to sail through Space Force chief confirmation

"Being non-controversial is not a bad thing," said Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, noting that the low turnout at the SASC hearing was a "compliment" to CSO nominee Lt. Gen. Doug Schiess.

By Theresa Hitchens

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Air Warfare

Storm Fighter: UK christens drone wingman program, unveils new designs

The Royal Air Force plans to develop a new electronic warfare drone dubbed Storm Chrome, along with a long-range, one-way attack drone called Storm Fire, according to Air Chief Marshal Harv Smyth.

By Michael Marrow

Global

Canada to join GCAP next-gen fighter program as observer: Reports

While Ottawa previously confirmed its first order for 16 Lockheed Martin F-35s, it has spent the last year reviewing its future fighter jet fleet options.

By Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo

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Networks & Digital Warfare

Safeguarding federally funded innovation: navigating the new era of research security

On-demand webinar: Research security in an era of global competition

Watch experts discuss foreign influence risks, evolving DoD policy, and strategies for balancing security with scientific collaboration.

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Naval Warfare

Saronic to start constructing new shipyard in Texas this year

The shipyard will focus on both defense and commercial vessels, the company announced today.

By Diana Stancy

Global

US clears nearly $2 billion in precision weapons for Saudi Arabia

The potential deal comes few days after Saudi Arabia and Iran-backed Yemeni Houthi traded fire, ending a four-year truce.

By Agnes Helou

Global

Germany’s defense industry is evolving. Here’s how firms are trying to tap in.

In a special video program, Breaking Defense walks you through the past, present and future of Germany's burgeoning defense market.

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Space

On eve of retirement, Saltzman champions military’s role as ‘ballast’ for democracy

“We really used to be considered icing on the cake,” US Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman told reporters. Now, “I think we are more the eggs in the cake batter.”

By Michael Marrow

Opinion

Altitude is not strategy, over Iran or elsewhere

In which David A. Deptula, dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, takes issue with a recent op ed in Breaking Defense concerning the "air littoral" in the Iran conflict.

By David Deptula

Land Warfare

Army reveals new details on autonomous launcher, high energy laser program

Lt. Gen. Frank Lozano told an audience Tuesday that the service is looking to award the first contracts for its CAML program next month, and it is in final negotiations with AV for its E-HEL initiative.

By Carley Welch

Space

SDA resumes data relay satellite launch following tech fixes

The next set of 21 Tranche 1 Transport Layer birds are set to launch Thursday on a SpaceX Falcon 9, SDA Director Gurpartap "GP" Sandhoo told reporters.

By Theresa Hitchens

Air Warfare

In first, Air Force fires live shot off CCA wingman drone

“It wasn’t just an AMRAAM that came off,” Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach told Breaking Defense. “It was tracking the target.”

By Michael Marrow

Congress

House GOP releases ‘Reconciliation 3.0’ with $60B for defense

The sum falls slightly short of the $67 billion requested by the White House for expenses related to the Iran War.

By Valerie Insinna

Global

MBDA to replace CEO with Airbus executive

During his time at MBDA, Éric Béranger oversaw the firm’s major industrial ramp-up.

By Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo

Space

SDA awards L3Harris, Sierra $1.75B for missile defense satellites

The new satellites for missile warning, tracking and targeting are being developed under an "accelerated" schedule to meet the Pentagon's 2028 plans for demonstrating its Golden Dome missile defense shield.

By Theresa Hitchens

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