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Next-Gen Jammer Low-Band: Navy Greenlights $587M Program to Boost Airborne EW Capability

September 23, 2025

Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) — Advancing Airborne Electronic Attack The Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) represents the next step in airborne electronic attack (AEA). It addresses advanced and emerging electronic warfare (EW) threats…
Pentagon Sets Stage for Next-Gen Global Information Dominance Experiments Under CJADC2

September 23, 2025

Pentagon Expands Global Information Dominance Experiments At the upcoming Global Information Dominance Experiments (GIDE) to be held this year, Pentagon leaders intend to improve “rapid learning methods” to increase data-sharing with allies…
Boeing vs. Northrop: High-Stakes Race for Navy’s Next Fighter Contract Nears Final Call

September 23, 2025

The Navy plans to select a single contractor for the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase — a major step for the F/A-XX program designed to replace the current fleet of F/A-18E/F…
Assistant Commandant of The Marine Corps (A Guide)

September 23, 2025

Assistant Commandant Role and Appointment The President appoints Assistant Commandant, and the Senate majority confirms the appointment by the vote. When the commandant is absent or unable to fulfill his duties, the…
Inside the Black Hawk: Upgrades, Uses, and the New Era of Military Aviation

September 23, 2025

Introduction to the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a medium-lift utility helicopter with a four-blade rotor and twin engines, designed and built by Sikorsky Aircraft. In 1972,…
Air Force Unifies Cyber, IT Functions with New Cyberspace Capabilities Center

September 22, 2025

The Cyberspace Capabilities Center (CCC), located at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, is the primary organization developing cyber domain requirements in the United States Air Force. The goals of the center are…
DARPA’s Manta Ray Underwater Drone Prototype Passes First Major Test

September 22, 2025

Remotely operated underwater vehicles Remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROUVs) primarily replace humans in difficult underwater situations and perform educational or industrial missions. They are manually controlled to perform tasks including surveillance and…
Pentagon Scraps $96M Oura Ring Biometric Contract After DHA Cancellation

September 22, 2025

Initial documents reviewed by Breaking Defense said only that the agency had determined that “this acquisition is no longer necessary.” A separate document, a letter from DHA to the Government Accountability Office,…
Russia’s Tank Losses in Ukraine Top 4,000, Visual Evidence Confirms

September 22, 2025

He told senators that Moscow has “significantly” increased its production capacity for some items, such as artillery shells and cruise missiles, and is building “large-scale” single-target attack drones. He noted that Russian…
SpaceX Launches X-37B Spaceplane on Secret Mission with New Tech Demos

September 22, 2025

The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-7) will soon perform a series of innovative orbital changes known as aerobraking to adjust its path around Earth and properly remove its service module hardware in…

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