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Saab’s concept model of a future uncrewed combat air system at the Jubilee Air Show at Malmen Air Base in Linköping, Sweden. Credit: Saab. Saab has revealed a full-scale concept model of its future uncrewed combat air system, designated A3-001, at the Jubilee Air Show held at Malmen Air Base in Linköping, Sweden. Dubbed A3-001, the new concept reflects a vision for a new generation of air systems where uncrewed and crewed platforms operate together as integrated forces. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out…

As the Space Force takes on new, multi-billion-dollar national security programs, the service has awarded a new contract to keep those projects on track and on budget, Defense One has learned. The service’s Space Systems Integration Office awarded Integrate, a Seattle-based firm, a multi-million dollar contract for its AI-enabled project management program. Last year, the company netted a $25 million contract with the Space Force’s Mission Manifest Office to manage the service major multi-payload launch operation project. Now, as the service embarks on massive programs such as building the Space Data Network and the Space-Based Airborne Moving Target Indicator, the service…

Bloomberg recently reported that the Trump administration will consider European countries’ ideological positions and support for U.S. policies as part of the European posture review that is currently underway. Whether a country has supported the 2026 Iran War, placed recent restrictions on U.S. forces based in their country, or “publicly opposed” regulations that constrain U.S. business in Europe will all be factors in determining where and how many forces remain stationed in Europe. These loyalty tests depart from decades of established practices of evaluating and adjusting U.S. force posture, are likely to backfire, and above all, could leave America less safe. The…

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is exploring how to scale the reliable transmission of quantum data and pave the way for a viable quantum internet by giving networking networking company Qunnect an award to further deploy networks designed to handle qubit traffic. Pursuant to the contract, Qunnect is granted new funding to further deploy its Carina quantum networking solution, the company announced on Thursday. Qubits are naturally more fragile than classical bits, and transmitting them from one node to another has been a persistent problem in scaling a viable quantum network. Carina addresses several outstanding problems in safely transmitting quantum data…

HONOLULU — Faster intelligence gathering and analysis enabled by AI is allowing special operators to pull off missions that would have been impossible years ago, U.S. Special Operations Command leader Adm. Frank Bradley, said Wednesday. But malign actors empowered by simple AI tools are undermining military and civilian leaders’ confidence in digital information, he said. That credibility decay, raising doubt about what is and is not true, will affect not just operations but the ability of the United States to “generate that unity of effort” to deter or defend against adversarial attack, he said. “I have been plagued by my own…

SINGAPORE — Taiwan’s budget agency has announced a proposed 18 percent increase in its defense budget for 2027 as the self-governing island continues efforts to deter a potential invasion from China.  The Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) of Taiwan’s cabinet released its budget statement for the coming fiscal year on Thursday, with 1.123 trillion Taiwan dollars (about $35.3 billion) set to go to defense.   This figure is the highest amount Taiwan and spent on defense and equates to 3.01 percent of the island’s projected Gross Domestic Product for the 2026 fiscal year, which runs from Jan. 1…

WASHINGTON — Warfighting in space circa 2040 will be vastly more complex and dangerous than today, therefore the US joint force needs to begin now to develop both the capabilities and concepts of operation to succeed in that environment, according to a foundational assessment by US Space Command (SPACECOM). The paper, titled Space Warfighting Environment 2040, is a “first-of-its-kind USSPACECOM document,” a SPACECOM official told Breaking Defense — the first of three that, when put together, are expected to offer a fulsome glimpse into how the only full military command dedicated to the stars sees the basics of the future…

A US Air Force KC-46A Pegasus tanker conducts air-to-air refuelling with a US Air Force F-16. Credit: wz94/Shutterstock.com. The US Department of State has approved a possible $4.5bn foreign military sale (FMS) to Qatar for KC-46A aerial refuelling aircraft and related equipment. According to the Department of State’s announcement, Qatar seeks to procure up to four KC-46A aircraft, eight PW4062 turbofan engines, including four for installation and four as spares, as well as 10 AN/ALR-69A radar warning receivers. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out…

A Boeing E-7 Wedgetail. Credit: david john abrams/Shutterstock.com. The US Air Force has started market research to find contractors capable of designing and delivering a suite of training devices for its future E-7 Wedgetail aircraft, according to a Request for Information (RFI) issued to industry. The initiative comes as the E-7 is set to succeed the ageing E-3 Sentry as the service’s airborne warning and control platform. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more Specifically, the Air Force is seeking industry feedback on the…

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Artificial intelligence will be a budget priority for Army Cyber Command over at least the next fiscal year and likely beyond, according to the service’s principal cyber advisor. “We’re at the stage now where we need to have dedicated funding to it and it might not only be Army funds, these are a lot of oftentimes joint solutions,” Brandon Pugh told Breaking Defense on Thursday in an interview at the TechNet Augusta conference. Dedicated funding is key, according to Pugh, who advises the secretary of the Army and certifies the cyber budget, because Army Cyber Command cannot…