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The Army has selected software firm Striveworks to build the baseline AI layer for its Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) architecture, officials told Breaking Defense. The announcement comes

Work on the Pentagon’s Golden Dome national air defense shield could stall in October unless lawmakers find a way to keep funding it, according to Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein, who leads the effo

Lockheed Martin says high-energy laser weapons are no longer a distant concept and could be operational for the Pentagon before the end of the decade, potentially by 2030. Speaking at the Farnborough

The Pentagon has paused Phase II of its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program, which had required defense contractors to undergo third-party assessments to verify cybersecurity com

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has created a new Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager for autonomy and unmanned systems, called DRPM-UxS, to consolidate much of the Pentagon’s drone-related work under o

Project Hecate is a Space Force initiative aimed at ensuring the survivability of GPS beyond 2040, addressing increasing vulnerabilities to adversarial attacks. The Space Warfighting Analysis Center i

The Army's Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) is establishing a new space career field, creating 1,000 positions for a military occupational specialty (MOS) called 40D Tactical Space Operations

Sweden is investing 15 billion kronor (approximately $1.6 billion) to enhance its territorial air defense capabilities, addressing gaps in protecting civilians and critical infrastructure. The initiat

The Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded contracts totaling $3.5 billion to four companies for the development of the next phase of its missile tracking satellite program. The contracts, announc