new video loaded: The Prophet of Silicon Valley transcript Back transcript The Prophet of Silicon Valley Stewart Brand, an author and visionary, deeply influenced the internet era from the 1960s onward. Yet the systems he inspired have become fundamentally unintelligible to their creators. The Opinion columnist Ezra Klein explores the tension between Brand’s “how to”…
Launch may capture headlines, but in today’s space domain, it’s what rides those rockets that matters most. Satellites are increasingly central to US military planning, powering communications, enabling missile warning and tracking, and supporting a more distributed, resilient force. This new eBook from Breaking Defense brings together reporting from Theresa Hitchens on the programs, technologies…
WASHINGTON — The Space Force has quietly tapped a dozen companies to bring to fruition a key element of President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense shield: space-based interceptors (SBIs), which the service expects should be ready for demonstration in as little as two years. In a press release today, the Space Force revealed that…
The Black Sea Comet -01 43’ High Speed Interceptor is pictured on the docks outside the 2026 Sea Air Space conference at Maryland’s National Harbor. (Daniel Woolfolk / Breaking Defense) The MQ-9B SeaGuardian is seen here during the Sea Air Space conference at Maryland’s National Harbor. (Daniel Woolfolk / Breaking Defense) A view of the…
Dystopian sci-fi adventure Pragmata starts like an ‘80s horror movie. You find yourself in control of astro-engineer Hugh as he cautiously makes his way through an eerily quiet lunar research station called The Cradle, trying to uncover why the base’s communications with Earth have been shut off. Just as the rest of his team realise…
The second day of the Navy League’s annual Sea Air Space conference has passed at scenic National Harbor in Maryland. Today, Breaking Defense Editor-in-Chief Aaron Mehta and Navy reporter Diana Stancy discuss new details of the Trump-class battleship, sub delays and the keynote to watch on day three. Breaking Defense will be back with wrap-up…
When Will Bruey talks about the future, the timelines are shorter than most might imagine. The Varda Space Industries CEO predicts that within 10 years, someone could stand at a landing site and watch multiple specialized spacecraft per night zooming toward Earth like shooting stars, each carrying pharmaceuticals manufactured in space. Within 15 to 20…
The holidays are almost here, which means there will be a lot of photo ops in the near future. But if you use Google Drive, all your photos, videos and other random documents might be eating up the 15GB of free storage Google Drive provides. If you run out of storage, you’ll see a message asking you…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email The UK is set to deport foreign criminals to free up prison space in the government’s latest immigration crackdown. Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood vowed…
new video loaded: In the Latest Space Race, It’s China vs. SpaceX By Selam Gebrekidan, Nikolay Nikolov, Jon Hazell, Laura Salaberry and Malika Khurana•July 24, 2025 China has made it a national priority to catch up with SpaceX’s nearly 8,000 Starlink internet-providing satellites in low-Earth orbit, which it regards as a military threat. Despite successes…
