The secretary of defense also defended cuts to the E-7 Wedgetail, Constellation-class frigate, and Ukraine assistance funds during the congressional hearing.

The investment comes as among the first in a bid to reach an ambition of manufacturing one SSN every 18 months, which are set to be delivered from the end of the 2030s.

Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, who pushed for unmanned and AI integration at US Fifth Fleet, would take the helm of US Central ...

WASHINGTON — As the US Army explores how soldiers will use a slew of new ground and aerial drones in combat, it is moving out with a multi-phased plan that aims to field new Human Machine ...

FORT CARSON, Colo. — When industry representatives gathered with military officials in the Colorado mountains to test different counter-drone tactics, another enemy lurked in the background ...

WASHINGTON — Walking in the Pentagon’s river entrance, a visitor is greeted by a series of photographs on the walls featuring the top uniformed member of the military services. But for the ...

WASHINGTON — Despite the current downward trend in budgets and lack of Trump administration support for climate research, Muon Space’s chief executive is seeing an uptick in interest from ...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is laying the groundwork for a new partnership program in the Indo-Pacific region that will explore opportunities for joint production and sustaining of weapons ...

WASHINGTON — Steve Nordlund, who has led Boeing Defense’s fighter jet business for the last two years, is retiring, Breaking Defense has learned. Nordlund, whose official title is vice ...

WASHINGTON — From Ukraine to Taiwan, the US is already waging an invisible battle of electrons, where nations nominally at peace constantly scan each others’ transmissions in search of threats ...

WASHINGTON — An upgraded “fifth-generation plus” version of the F-35 could include new stealth coatings, adjustments to the aircraft’s shape, and even a path toward making the jet ...

BUCHAREST — The Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System (SCAF) and the British-Italian-Japanese Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) may be rivals on the geopolitical stage, but given their ...