This was supposed to be the year that the Air Force selected a winning vendor to build its next-gen fighter. Then reality set in.

The US national security establishment is cautiously embracing generative AI, so Breaking Defense decided to do an experiment.

Key reports covered Japan's defense expansion, China's internal troubles and Australia's uneven pursuit of more naval power.

Making a year-end list in which she forces references to Taylor Swift songs for no reason has basically become reporter Valerie Insinna's favorite Christmas tradition.

The contract with Rome follows hard on the heels of a deal with Spain for 25 Eurofighter Typhoon fourth-generation fighter jets under the country's Halcon II program.

Ship counts were clearly on the mind of US Navy officials this year as they made numerous plays to bolster the fleet in novel ...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has awarded Lockheed Martin a roughly $11.8 billion contract to continue production of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, as the two parties inch toward finalizing an ...

If I had to categorize it, modernization costs are something that we still need,” Lt. Gen. David Harris told Breaking Defense. “And there's even some readiness pieces in here that allow me to have the ...

WASHINGTON — The Air Force is formally recompeting a deal with Collins Aerospace to provide modernized ejection seats for the service’s F-16 fleet, and could do the same for the F-22 and B-1 ...

.WASHINGTON — Less than an hour after a the midnight deadline to trigger a government shutdown, the Senate on early Saturday followed the House and overwhelmingly approved a stopgap funding bill ...

BELFAST — Spain has signed off on an order for 25 Eurofighter Typhoon fourth-generation fighter jets under its Halcon II program. A contract between the Spanish government and the NATO ...

WASHINGTON — A recent internal Air Force analysis supports the development of a manned, next-generation fighter jet, three sources told Breaking Defense — a finding that comes amid a high ...