WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused to provide information to lawmakers about the Trump administration’s plan to turn a Boeing 747 previously owned by the Qatari royal family into a ...

The investment comes as among the first in a bid to reach an ambition of manufacturing one SSN every 18 months, which are set to be delivered from the end of the 2030s.

Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, who pushed for unmanned and AI integration at US Fifth Fleet, would take the helm of US Central ...

WASHINGTON — The House passed a massive GOP-backed funding package today, paving the way for Congress to add $150 billion in defense spending aimed at boosting major Trump administration ...

GEOINT 2025 — As the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) rolls out its AI-powered imagery analysis software system Maven to more and more users, it also is seeing a sizable reduction ...

WASHINGTON — The Air Force is pushing back its schedule for modernizing the Eisenhower-era B-52 Stratofortress with a new radar by a year amid integration challenges, according to a new report ...

WASHINGTON — Steve Nordlund, who has led Boeing Defense’s fighter jet business for the last two years, is retiring, Breaking Defense has learned. Nordlund, whose official title is vice ...

SEA AIR SPACE 2024 — The Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray hasn’t yet hit the carrier deck, but Boeing believes now is the time for the sea service to start thinking about upgrades for the tanker drone ...

BEIRUT — General Atomics is in talks to sell Saudi Arabia up to 200 MQ-9 unmanned systems, according to a company spokesperson. The discussions are part of the $142 billion in defense deals ...

DSEI JAPAN — Japan is on track to take delivery of its fifth and sixth KC-46A Pegasus tankers later this year, a senior industry official here said, also revealing a tanker from the existing ...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is laying the groundwork for a new partnership program in the Indo-Pacific region that will explore opportunities for joint production and sustaining of weapons ...

BELFAST — German defense firm Rheinmetall and India’s Reliance Defence announced a “strategic partnership” on ammunition supplies today after officials from both companies signed a ...