EXCLUSIVE: How the DIA measures a military’s ‘Will to Fight’
After underestimating Ukraine's forces, the Defense Intelligence Agency adopted a new analytical framework to try and quantify the unquantifiable.
China opens training center with Laos, marking third overseas military base
Satellite imagery shows the new facility is built in part on a purported old US airstrip used during the Vietnam War.
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Boeing nabs $2.4 billion deal for more F-15EX fighters
The award came on the same day that the planemaker secured a contract to build a sixth-generation fighter jet for the US Navy.
What Boeing’s F/A-XX win means for the company, and what challenges come next
The selection raises questions, for example, about how Boeing’s workforce will take on another major program.
Boeing wins Navy next-gen fighter F/A-XX competition
Boeing's win gives it a monopoly on American sixth-gen fighters, following its 2025 selection to build the F-47.
Raytheon nets potential $20.7 billion AMRAAM deal
Separately, L3Harris announced it won a $6 billion contract from Lockheed Martin for THAAD interceptor propulsion systems.
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How the industrial base is responding to Air Force, Space Force needs
Demand signals from leadership are shaping investments in design, engineering and manufacturing.
Drone-hunting on the border, plus turmoil at an Air Force think tank
NORTHCOM is testing ways to counter drone incursions, while an Air Force institute focused on China faces questions about its future.
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How readiness stays ready: The F110 delivers power, reliability and scale for the F-15EX
GE Aerospace’s investments in the F110 are paying off in both production and delivery performance.
UK to gather defense CEOs for ‘closed-door’ Russian security briefing
The government warned the Russian "state and its proxies knowingly seek to disrupt businesses and organisations that underpin the British way of life or are vital to the defence of Ukraine."
Israel’s Uvision, Estonia’s Lendurai to integrate systems for NATO military
The companies did not disclose which military the teaming effort is for.
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Processor upgrades enable computing at the edge
Avoiding vendor lock and providing more room for sensors and upgrades are critical considerations.
South Korea inducts first locally developed fighter jet into air force
Introduction of KF-21 into South Korea's military marks a significant milestone for country's defense industry.
How China is rethinking tank survival against FPVs and top-attack threats
The drone age did not end armored warfare. It rewrote the terms of survival, and Chinese military analysts are paying attention.
The Air Force says its China think tank will continue. Its director says it’s basically dead.
The Air Force’s stance that the China Aerospace Studies Institute can function without civilian staff is “not credible,” Brendan Mulvaney told Breaking Defense.
Hawk trainer crash prompts UK to ground fleet
“Both pilots are doing well … and expected to make a full recovery,” said the UK Royal Air Force.