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Lt. Gen. Dan Caine has promised to give the president his best military advice “even when the president may have different feelings about it," he told lawmakers previously.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to review all major weapons programs and consider cancelling any effort that is more than 15 percent over budget or behind schedule ...
WASHINGTON — Speaking Monday evening in the White House, President Donald Trump made a surprise announcement: The US appears poised for its first $1 trillion defense budget request. “We also ...
WASHINGTON — The newly elevated acting head of US Cyber Command, Lt. Gen. William Hartman, appeared to defend a continuation of the dual-hatted role for the position in which he serves, also ...
SEA AIR SPACE 2025 — I’ve attended nearly every Sea Air Space exposition since 2017 as a reporter, and the biggest reason that I never miss it is the consistent attendance of the Navy, Marine ...
SPACE SYMPOSIUM 2025 — The Space Force has formally accepted delivery of the first mobile Meadowlands satellite jammer from prime contractor L3Harris, according to a senior Space Systems Command ...
WASHINGTON — Both the House and Senate have approved a GOP-led budget resolution that would add up to $150 billion for defense. Now comes the hard part: deciding exactly where that money goes ...
SEA AIR SPACE 2025 — Boeing’s MQ-25 tanker drone is set to make its first flight some time this year, but the head of Naval Air Systems Command warned that here is “a ton of work” to do ...
SEA AIR SPACE 2025 — Defense and information technology company Leidos this week unveiled a new unmanned undersea vessel (UUV) called Sea Dart, what the company is advertising as a “low-cost ...
SEA AIR SPACE 2025 — Day two of the Navy League’s Sea Air Space is in the books, and Breaking Defense is here to round up what you need to know. Editors Aaron Mehta and Lee Ferran walk through ...
SEA AIR SPACE 2025 —The Navy is at a make-or-break moment with its over-schedule, over-budget Constellation-class frigate and needs to quickly nail down an achievable design, even if it doesn ...