A March 13 memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, obtained by Breaking Defense, orders all employees of the Office of Net Assessment reassigned to different roles and cancels related contracts.

WASHINGTON — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered the Pentagon to take a look at its fiscal 2026 budget plans and find 8 percent savings which can be realigned away from legacy efforts ...

"Eliminating probationary employees will destroy a pipeline of top talent essential for hunting and eradicating [People's Republic of China] threats,” Rob Joyce, former director of cybersecurity at ...

The proposed CR includes an additional $8 billion for Central Command and European Command, specifying that the funds be used for “only for U.S. military operations, force protection, and deterrence.” ...

WASHINGTON — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has cut off Ukraine’s access to commercial satellite imagery collected by the US government, in the wake of President Donald ...

WASHINGTON — The US Army is preparing a new memo to clarify the rules for flying — and losing — smaller drones in hopes of convincing soldiers and commanders that they need not fear ...

WASHINGTON — A key Pentagon research and development agency said it has successfully launched and will soon begin sea trials for its new warship built from the ground up to sail without any ...

BELFAST — As Europe races toward “strategic autonomy” in defense, Italian manufacturer Leonardo expects to generate new business in the region of €6 billion ($6.6 billion) should its home ...

WASHINGTON — Ukraine has taken publicly available AI models, retrained them on its own extensive real-world data from frontline combat, and deployed them on a variety of drones — increasing ...

BELFAST — The head of Swedish manufacturer Saab remains optimistic that the Scandinavian nation will decide to send JAS 39 Gripen multirole fighter jets to Ukraine and strengthen strike ...

“The issues that bother me more are not just Space Force-related. It’s just the experience base across the whole Department of Defense,” Frank Calvelli, Air Force space acquisition czar ...