The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies Spacepower Advantage Center of Excellence held a two-day unclassified workshop that sought to clarify how hostile acts in space might be identified, how escalation thresholds could be assessed, and what effects and response options the United States and its allies should prioritize to achieve and maintain space superiority. Experts discuss the key findings from that workshop in the new report “Space Superiority Through the Spectrum of Conflict: Findings and Recommendations from the Conflict in Space Workshop” and explain insight son how the United States must continue to build combat credibility, deter hostile behavior, control escalation, and ensure the United States’ ability to prevail in future space conflict.
On the verge of approving the T-7 Red Hawk for production, the Air Force quietly assessed a key problem facing its new training jet: The service may have difficulty adequately sustaining it, according to an Air Force document reviewed by Breaking Defense.
A new Air Force One plane that originated as a 747 jumbo jet gifted by Qatar will be available to transport the president beginning in July, following a 10-month sprint by L3Harris to deliver the plane last week, a company executive told Breaking Defense.
The Pentagon’s workforce shrank by roughly 10.7 percent during the height of the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency implementation efforts, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office.
Russia’s closest ally, Belarus, has emerged as a potential new front in the Kremlin’s confrontation with the West, as Moscow seeks to strengthen its military union with the country and Ukraine threatens strikes on its territory.
Iran and the U.S. are once again at odds, this time over nuclear inspections. The U.S. said that the UN nuclear watchdog will inspect Iran's facilities, but Iran says no deal is in place. It was just one of several disagreements since the weekend meetings in Switzerland between the Americans and Iranians, the first round of negotiations since a new ceasefire deal was struck.
A flu outbreak at the Air Force's basic training hub in San Antonio is worsening, according to two sources familiar with the situation. As of June 23, at least 222 recruits at Lackland Air Force Base, part of Joint Base San Antonio, had been diagnosed with the flu and four had been hospitalized, the two people familiar with the matter told ABC News.
The U.S. military has released new details about the massive Fightertown Recapitalization Program at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, southeastern Alaska. This is a huge effort valued at approximately $7 billion that would effectively create an entirely new fighter hub to support future Air Force operations in the strategically important Arctic and Pacific regions.
The Senate for the first time approved a war powers resolution June 23 seeking to block U.S. military action against Iran, as lawmakers warily watch President Donald Trump’s efforts to resolve a conflict that the administration launched on its own and now needs Congress to fund.
A U.S. fighter jet pilot rescued by special forces after being shot down over Iran in April described a shocking sight before ejecting from his aircraft: multiple Iranian drones hovering in the air, moving as one, in a formation that resembled a jellyfish, according to four sources familiar with the matter.
More than a third of military families reported having less than $500 in emergency savings, or none at all, according to the results of a 2025 survey released this week. The findings were part of the Military Family 360 Survey, which was analyzed in a report released June 22 by the Military Family Advisory Network.
President Trump is expected to meet with top executives from the largest U.S. defense contractors on June 24, according to multiple sources familiar with the meeting. The meeting comes as his administration is engaged in ongoing peace talks with Iran. ... The Trump administration has been ratcheting up pressure on defense contractors to prioritize production and American manufacturing capabilities over shareholder payouts.
“Urgency, speed, efficiency, competition, and lethality: These are the new guiding principles of our War Department. This moment requires defense hawks and fiscal hawks to pull together, and I’m proud to call myself both,” writes Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Area 51 is back in the public consciousness following a swarm of earthquakes near the classified Nevada military site, stirring more speculation about secret testing, UFOs, and whatever else civilians imagine happens behind the facility’s gates.
