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America is sailing through the Taiwan Strait less. Does it matter?
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (388+ words) A Heritage Foundation study shows a significant drop in Taiwan Strait transits by the US military under the second Trump administration. In December 2025, high-intensity Chinese military exercises around Taiwan featured, for the first time, a mock comprehensive air and naval…...
Army picks M1 to lead Flight School Next pilot training program
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (439+ words) The announcement is the culmination of a months-long competition to win a contract worth up to $10 billion over the next three decades. WASHINGTON — The Army announced it has selected M1 Support Services, an aviation training services specialist based in Texas, to…...
Army tells industry: Soldiers need more power, but don't just offer batteries and generators
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (420+ words) As new drones, networks and weapons come online, the Army faces a power crunch that senior officials are asking industry to help solve. “And it's not by buying more generators," Brig. Gen. Troy Denomy, PAE for Maneuver, said. DETROIT — Army…...
Pentagon inks SM-3 framework deals with RTX, Boeing on critical components
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (364+ words) The seven-year framework deals cover key SM-3 components including avionics and ejector assemblies. WASHINGTON — Seeking to boost Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) production numbers, the Department of Defense has inked framework agreements with Boeing and RTX to scale several hardware components, the…...
Trump opens door for foreign-built Navy ships. It could get complicated.
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (1301+ words) President Donald Trump has called for the US to outsource the building of at least a few Navy ships to foreign shipyards. WASHINGTON — In a new memo certain to make significant waves for the future of US Navy shipbuilding, President…...
Priorities for Army fires top off SMD Day 3
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (59+ words) Breaking Defense Top news from the final day of the 2026 Space and Missile Defense Symposium. Concluding our coverage from the Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama, Breaking Defense Multimedia Director Daniel Woolfolk and Pentagon reporter Ashley Roque unpack…...
Trump orders return of steam catapults on carriers, fifth public shipyard
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (250+ words) The memo also called for the establishment of a new component repair center in an attempt to reduce submarine repair delays. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has ordered a return of the steam catapult to Ford-class aircraft carriers along with the…...
Army fires community tackling four???capability gaps,??? including magazine depth
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (338+ words) Brig. Gen. Robert Mikesh, charged with offensive fires, detailed a quadruple challenge — energetics and propulsion, targeting and seekers, the industrial base and “munitions breadth and depth.” HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The Army’s new Portfolio Acquisition Executive Fires shop is trying to bridge…...
Day 3 of the 2026 Space and Missile Defense Symposium
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (81+ words) Breaking Defense The annual Space and Missile Defense Symposium concluded today with remarks from NORAD’s second-in-command Lt. Gen. Joseph Jarrard and director of the Missile Defense Agency Lt. Gen. Heath Collins. While the Breaking Defense reporting team wraps up its…...
Polish Navy floats first frigate under major modernization program
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (573+ words) The frigate is scheduled to be delivered to the Polish Navy in 2029. Work on the second Miecznik-class frigate is ongoing. WARSAW — ORP Wicher, the first of three multi-role frigates planned under the Polish Navy‘s Miecznik modernization program, was officially…...