The White House also wants to shift $2.5 billion in reconciliation dollars provided by the One Big Beautiful Bill to pay ...

Vice Adm. Richard Correll said that Trump's announcement does not necessarily mean detonating a test weapon — noting that neither China nor Russia has conducted a nuclear explosive test in recent ...

Trick or treat? The Breaking Defense team talks about something truly scary — which Pentagon programs have been killed this year.

A Pentagon memo, obtained by Breaking Defense, now mandates that all communication with Congress be routed through its main legislative affairs office.

Gen. Mingus “always intended” for this to be “his last job,” adding that “it is a little early, sure but not significant," an Army source told Breaking Defense.

During a 2025 subcommittee hearing, Slotkin addressed DoD command about the intensifying pace and nature of special operations, saying “as someone who was a CIA officer and a Middle East specialist ...

“As the PRC (People’s Republic of China) ramps up its hostile behavior in the Pacific, demonstrating our ability to overcome the tyranny of distance is more necessary than ever. TRANSCOM’s ...

WASHINGTON — As part of a war of words last weekend with Colombian President Gustavo Petro, President Donald Trump made a stark statement: that “as of today,” any payments from the US government to ...

Rafael's Iron Beam is a 100kW-class laser weapon on track for operational use this year. (Aaron Mehta/Breaking Defense) WASHINGTON — Israeli firm Rafael expects to have its laser air defense systems ...

Ashley Roque covers land warfare and Pentagon leadership for Breaking Defense. Over the past two decades, she’s reported on defense, US politics, and foreign policy for publications inside and outside ...

The Defense Innovation Unit will now conduct an annual competition for sUAS and quadcopters to either stay on the Blue List or be added to it, Blue UAS Project Lead Trent Emeneker told Breaking ...

RTX will provide autonomy capabilities for General Atomics’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft offering dubbed the YFQ-42A, while Shield AI will supply the autonomy pilot for Anduril’s YFQ-44A, a source ...