The military wants artificial intelligence, which raises the question: Can the government lead or does it need to follow industry?

"When the funding will be authorized, given the shutdown and all the fun there, is a question mark," one industry source told Breaking Defense.

The State Department's damning critique argues that, if enacted, the draft law would imperil cooperation on "space weather, ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivered a long, surprisingly uncontroversial speech to industry on Friday detailing how he’d like to work with defense firms big and small going forward.

The interesting part of this is it’s not just a kind of fleeting presidential idea, but this is, in fact, something that does kind of resonate with what the Navy's finding it probably needs to do with ...

"I can’t even get a response, and we’re on your team!” an exasperated Sen. Dan Sullivan told a Trump administration nominee.

Breaking Defense's Daniel Woolfolk goes inside an eerily quiet Capitol building as the shutdown drags on. At 37 days, the country is in the middle of its longest-ever government shutdown. Hallways ...

“Several of the military’s more essential training areas across Hawaii are leased from the state and are set to expire in the coming years. The training areas are foundational to joint readiness in ...

(Left to Right) Steven Lockley, Chief Operating Officer of Underwater Systems, Defence Mission Systems, Thales UK; Ohad Katz, Managing Director of Raytheon Australia; Laura Hooks, vice president and ...

Attendees roam the halls of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in downtown Washington, DC, Oct. 13, 2025. (Daniel Woolfolk/Breaking Defense) WASHINGTON — The government has been shut down for ...