Rafael’s relationship with Germany is built on more than 30 years of defense cooperation across multiple domains. That history includes: EuroSpike, a joint venture with Diehl Defence and Rheinmetall to produce Spike missiles; EuroTrophy, a joint venture with KNDS and General Dynamics European Land Systems to provide the Trophy active protection system; and now the…
WASHINGTON — Oracle has scored a $7 billion agreement to consolidate what the Pentagon called its “fragmented, one-off information technology purchases” from the firm into a single, unified contract, the department announced Thursday. The Enterprise Software Agreement (ESA), which was negotiated by the Department of the Navy, is projected to save about half-a-billion dollars over…
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is suspending part of its cybersecurity requirements for industry, specifically related to third party assessments, citing onerous burdens on especially smaller defense firms. “In support of Secretary of War Hegseth’s directive to aggressively scale warfighter readiness, I’m announcing the immediate suspension of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, or CMMC, Phase II…
WASHINGTON — The Air Force Research Laboratory is pushing its contractors to purge all Anthropic products from their systems by Sept. 1, almost a month ahead of a Defense Department-wide deadline, according to memos obtained by Breaking Defense. The AFRL memo, sent to industry July 9, says it is issued to “formally notify” contractors of…
As the Pentagon accelerates efforts to modernize its cyber enterprise, artificial intelligence is emerging as both a powerful advantage and a growing security challenge. Drawing on reporting from AFCEA TechNet Cyber 2026, this eBook explores how Defense Department leaders are approaching AI-enabled cyber operations, strengthening foundational cybersecurity, defending critical infrastructure, and advancing the CYBERCOM 2.0…
US air-and-missile-defense (AMD) systems have shown their worth in the Iran conflict, intercepting wave after wave of attacks from missiles and drones. But a number of costly TPY-2 radars have been damaged or destroyed, and stockpiles of munitions components such as solid rocket motors (SRMs) are dwindling, exacerbating concerns about the capability of AMD systems…
WASHINGTON — If Congress does not pass $350 billion in funding through the reconciliation process, the Pentagon will consider cutting expensive traditional weapon systems in order to protect drones, the department’s top technologist warned Friday. Emil Michael, who is both the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, as well as the Pentagon’s CTO, indicated…
BERLIN — After the collapse of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) fighter effort, Airbus and a cohort of seven other leading German defense and aviation companies have formally banded together as “Team Gen 6,” saying they “stand ready to take on the responsibility for a 6th-generation fighter aircraft.” Led by the European giant, Autofug,…
LIVE WEBINARDate: June 24, 2026Time: 2pm ET / 11am PT TITLE: Research security and the effort to protect federally funded innovationParticipants can earn 1 CPE credit As the Pentagon places new emphasis on the security of technical research, universities, government agencies, and other institutions are under greater pressure to protect basic and applied research from…
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the geospatial intelligence landscape, making GEOINT 2026 one of the most consequential gatherings for the intelligence community this year. While Breaking Defense’s everyday focus is on the Defense Department and Ministries of Defense abroad, the annual GEOINT conference offers a unique window into the priorities of the National Reconnaissance Office…
