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Navy green lights seven MUSV marketplace submissions to advance to prototype phase

The Navy did not reveal which companies’ designs were selected to advance.

off-topicusa · europe

Breaking Defense48d05/22

Loitering munitions, launched effects had strong presence at SOF Week 2026

“The [Rogue 1] Block 2 upgrade leverages user feedback to greatly enhance performance, resilience, and operational capability, all while maintaining existing form-factor,” a Teledyne FLIR statement read.

off-topicusa · europe

Breaking Defense48d05/22

IAI’s new Diamond naval offering envisions flexible drones, missiles for small vessels

The plan involves different defensive systems dispersed across small satellite ships, which can be connected to a mother ship in a disaggregated model.

off-topicusa · europe

Breaking Defense49d05/22

Helos need upgrades to perform special ops ‘quieter, with fewer aircraft’: PEO Rotary Wing

Special Operations Command’s fleet of MH-60Ms and MH-47Gs — operated by the 160th Nightstalkers Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) — could benefit from technology injections coming from the MV-75 Cheyenne, said PEO Rotary Wing Steve Smith.

off-topicusa · europe

Breaking Defense49d05/22

Lockheed breaks ground on new THAAD interceptor plant

“These aren’t just ideas or papers going back and forth,” Lockheed CEO Jim Taiclet said of the Pentagon’s munitions ramp. “We know it’s going to be good, and we know it’s going to happen.”

off-topicusa · europe

Breaking Defense49d05/22

Inside Sen. Ted Budd’s plan to boost airpower, pilot retention

North Carolina Sen. Ted Budd explains why he recently introduced three bills intended to boost US fighter inventory and improve pilot retention.

off-topicusa · europe

Breaking Defense49d05/22

General Atomics CCA drone returns to flight

Air Force Col. Timothy Helfrich said the response to the drone’s April 6 crash “validates our approach to accept acquisition/test risk instead of operational risk allowing us to accelerate the program towards fielding.”

borderlineusa · europe

Breaking Defense49d05/22

F-35B conducts flight test with British SPEAR mini-cruise missile

The first flight milestone comes four years later than originally planned, after an initial delay caused by technical troubles.

off-topicusa · europe · uk

Breaking Defense49d05/22

Russian nukes threaten ‘almost all’ US cities, Norway’s FM says, highlighting NATO’s value

“It is good that Europe is doing more, but there’s a need to remind our good friends on the other side of the Atlantic that NATO is also good for them,” said the Nordic official.

off-topicusa · europe · russia

Breaking Defense49d05/22

RIAT canceled: Middle East ‘situation’ forces collapse of major UK air show

“This has not been an easy decision,” but it was made after “extensive discussions” with the RAF and the US Air Force, said organizers of the Royal International Air Tattoo today.

off-topicusa · europe · uk

Breaking Defense49d05/22

Sovereignty can’t be vibecoded: Why Europe must physically build to ensure resilience

Amid debates over budget and policy, Europe must prioritize building the physical infrastructure required to sustain technological and defense capabilities at scale, argue Elin Hammarberg and Carina Zaring.

off-topicusa · europe

Breaking Defense49d05/21

Boots on the moon needed to beat ‘belligerent’ China: Mitchell Institute

“[F]uture American space security is at risk. China’s military-led human space flight progression is positioning the People’s Liberation Army to achieve strategic advantage in lunar access, infrastructure, and resources,” Kyle Puma, Mitchell Institute senior resident fellow for space studies, said today.

off-topicusa · europe · china

Breaking Defense49d05/21

Pentagon considers restoring Army aviation cuts

Pentagon reporter Ashley Roque shares three things to know about the U.S. Army’s latest aviation plans.

off-topicusa · europe

Breaking Defense49d05/21

Strait of Hormuz escort missions would ‘exceed’ Navy’s capacity, CNO says

President Donald Trump had floated the idea of a naval escort months ago, but Adm. Daryl Caudle said today it would be a “very challenging mission.”

off-topicusa · europe

Breaking Defense49d05/21

To train for contested environments, SOCOM and SOUTHCOM want more ranges, authority

“[W]e have to find places where these kind of more sophisticated projections of force can be rehearsed and can be tested and tried,” Adm. Frank Bradley said.

off-topicusa · europe