President Trump said he would hold off on a planned U.S. attack on Iran at the request of Gulf leaders to make room for negotiations with Tehran over a prospective deal to end the war.
The sponsor of a bipartisan, three-bill package that would greenlight multiyear procurement for the F-35 and F-15EX told Breaking Defense he is hopeful that the bills will be incorporated into the fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act.
Imagery has emerged that appears to show a previously unknown two-seat version of the Sukhoi Su-57 Felon, Russia’s most modern and capable fighter. Provided the available photo is legitimate, and there is nothing obvious to suggest otherwise, at this point, the Russian development would parallel China’s work on a two-seat version of the stealthy J-20.
Officials across the services are racing to get disparate military platforms to talk to each other, an effort buoyed by the idea that the speedy transfer of information across multiple domains and automated systems will give U.S. forces an advantage on the battlefield.
U.S. Special Operations Command, or SOCOM, is focused on moving quickly to get technology into the hands of special operators, a senior acquisitions official with the command said on May 18.
Ukraine has built its first-ever glide bomb after almost a year and a half of development. The new weapon is much cheaper than U.S.-made alternatives, according to DG Industry information shared exclusively with Business Insider.
The U.S. Air Force is looking to repurpose offshore oil rigs into landing platforms to recover rocket boosters launched by the U.S. Space Force and private spaceflight companies.
The Pentagon’s policy chief announced May 18 that the United States will suspend its involvement in a joint body that coordinates military consultation with Canada, pointing to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s address to the World Economic Forum earlier this year.
Pentagon officials overseeing Golden Dome are trying to convince commercial space founders, venture investors, and software companies that missile defense can be built more like a modern technology platform than a traditional weapons system.
Another Air Force general now has a large sword. This past week, Lt. Gen. John P. Healy was inducted into the Air Force’s Order of the Sword, the service’s weapon-themed society that honors leaders for their work, the Air Force announced.
