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.

"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 ...

Artist rendering of the X-37B conducting an aerobraking maneuver using the drag of Earth’s atmosphere. (Courtesy graphic by Boeing Space) WASHINGTON — The Space Force needs to more fully support ...

(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 ...

ROME — The head of the Eurofighter Typhoon consortium has said Turkey’s $10.7 billion order of the fourth-generation combat jet could be the impetus for more customers to move out with other lucrative ...

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 ...

Operators use multiple systems with TAK tools to enhance situational awareness. (Photo courtesy of Booz Allen.) The Tactical Assault Kit (TAK) has become one of the Pentagon’s success stories, ...

US Navy Virginia-class submarine, USS North Carolina, docks at the HMAS Stirling port in Rockingham on the outskirts of Perth on August 4, 2023. A US Navy Virginia-class submarine arrived at HMAS ...