Agnes Helou is Breaking Defense's Middle East Bureau Chief, with close to a decade of experience in covering regional defense and strategic topics. She was the managing Editor of Security and Defense ...

A YFQ-44A production representative test vehicle is staged in a testing chamber at Costa Mesa, Calif. (US Air Force courtesy photo) WASHINGTON — The Army is looking to acquire a Collaborative Combat ...

Breaking Defense joins with eight other outlets in rejecting the Pentagon’s press restrictions. Our fair, independent coverage will continue.

A four-legged attendee checks whether the infantry carrier variant of BAE Systems' Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle can also carry canines. (Sydney Freedberg/Breaking Defense) AUSA 2025 — Defense trade ...

As Congress returns from August recess, Breaking Defense examined how each defense committee is looking at a dozen major programs, from Golden Dome to F/A-XX to the cancellation of the E-7 Wedgetail.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George attend the 2025 National POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2025. (DoW photo by ...

AUSA 2025 — Norwegian-Finnish manufacturer Nammo, one of Europe’s major producers of ammunition, is taking additional measures to protect company production sites and supply chains in response to ...

As the crowd at AUSA 2025 was powering up with coffee this morning, Army officials were talking about powering military bases with nuclear microreactors, a favorite subject for Breaking Defense Editor ...

The annual Association of the United States Army (AUSA) conference is officially moving out, as soldiers are wont to say. In this Day 1 wrap-up video, Breaking Defense’s Aaron Mehta and Lee Ferran hit ...

A soldier dons Anduril's EagleEye heads-up display and integrated helmet. (Photo courtesy of Anduril) AUSA 2025 — Anduril is unveiling EagleEye — its new line of mixed-reality, heads-up displays — in ...

The Pentagon will use $8 billion in research and development money to fund troops' paychecks as the government shutdown continues.

Senators voted 77-20 to approve the National Defense Authorization Act, moving the bill forward on a largely bipartisan basis ...