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.

Dong Kwan Kim, Vice Chairman of Hanwha Group, delivers welcome speech at the ship naming ceremony held at Hanwha Philly Shipyard, with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Pennsylvania Governor ...

U.S. Air Force Gen. Ken Wilsbach addresses attendees during the Air Combat Command change of command ceremony at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, Aug. 11, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman ...

Near-peer competitors are moving to challenge US dominance in the electromagnetic spectrum, and nowhere is that more apparent than in the fight over secure communications. As adversaries refine and ...

President Donald Trump addresses sailors in the hangar bay of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during a presidential visit while moored pierside on Commander, Fleet ...

Three nuclear-powered supercarriers -- Reagan, Roosevelt, and Nimitz -- and their escorts exercise together in the Pacific. WASHINGTON — Future operations in the Indo-Pacific will require persistent ...

Fire Controlman 2nd Class Nathan Ritchie, from Murrieta, California, stands watch in the combat information center aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) while ...

The Army will soon hold live-fire tests of an AI that can algorithmically spot targets and aim at them -- but a human still has to pull the trigger. Will ATLAS let future tanks fight better with ...

China, Russia, Australia, the United Kingdom and the US Navy are also seeking their own CCA-like loyal wingman military drones. Breaking Defense's Aaron Mehta talks with David Alexander, president of ...

Bell’s V-280 Valor builds upon 600,000 hours of experience with the V-22 tiltrotor with a clean-sheet design to meet the Army’s requirement for an air-assault platform.