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Flight Global Joint Strike Missile and Spear integration are on the cards for uncrewed aircraft Source link

WASHINGTON — Down a mainly party line vote today, the House passed its version of a $1.15 trillion fiscal 2027 defense authorization bill on a 216-to-212 vote after GOP leaders succeeded with a plan to later merge it with a controversial voter eligibility measure. “[There are] provisions in this bill that some folks disagree with, but understand that this is just a single step in a long process,” House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala., said on the chamber floor today before the final vote on the FY27 National Defense Authorization Act. “I want everyone to know that we…

Four months after calling on Pakistan’s authorities to explain how and why they targeted a Kabul drug rehabilitation center on March 16, killing at least 269 civilians, Amnesty International has published a new investigation calling for the attack to be investigated as a possible war crime.  The organization found no evidence to support the Pakistan military’s claims that Omid Rehabilitation and Treatment Center was being used to store weapons and ammunition or for other military purposes at the time of the attack. The air strikes violated the special protection afforded to healthcare facilities under international humanitarian law, as well as…

Tyler Rogoway & Howard Altman, The WarZone Both of the USAF’s CCAs, the YFQ-44 Fury and YFQ-42 Dark Merlin, are to be put through their paces at Creech AFB in Southern Nevada Source link

Britain’s own BAE Systems saved their big reveal at the Farnborough International Airshow for the third day, during which they unveiled the Brontanax loyal wingman drone. Editor-in-Chief Aaron Mehta and Air Warfare Reporter Michael Marrow catch up on that announcement, as well as a Breaking Defense exclusive, in this latest wrap video from the show. Check out photos and daily wrap-up videos from the show, and be sure to follow Breaking Defense’s coverage on the ground throughout the week. Source link

Members and staffers from the House Homeland Security Committee and the House China Select Committee were put through a simulated Taiwan crisis Tuesday that tested how U.S. officials might respond to AI-backed cyberattacks targeting transportation and logistics networks needed to deploy American forces.The Center for Strategic and International Studies hosted the event to give lawmakers a window into the trade-offs and uncertainty that would shape the U.S. response to a fast-moving conflict involving China and its implications in American cyberspace.Among those participating were Republican Reps. Eli Crane of Arizona, Michael Guest of Mississippi and Michael McCaul of Texas, along with…

“Let me be clear that we cannot fight the next war like we fought our last,” said late General Bipin Rawat, then the Indian Army chief, in 2018. Rawat, who later became India’s first Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), spoke of four transformation efforts that he initiated in the Indian Army, one of which was the creation of Integrated Battle Groups (IBGs) for swift strikes. This was finally realized on July 1, when the Indian Army formally raised the first five IBGs and a Fire Support Group with long-range firepower. The new units are under the Eastern Command’s 17 Mountain…

USNI N. The Office of Management and Budget wants Congress to allow the Navy to start work on the Trump-class battleship program, buy more on critical munitions and fund long lead materials… Source link

1. A guest poses in front of the Farnborough 2026 logo during day one of the Farnborough airshow. (Breaking Defense) 2. Air demonstrations are a key part of the Farnborough experience. (Breaking Defense) 3. VIPs got to sit in the cockpit of the GCAP model during the Farnborough airshow. A joint British-Italian-Japanese next-gen fighter program, GCAP is the star of the event. (Breaking Defense) 4. The main event hall at the Farnborough International Airshow welcomes guests. (Breaking Defense) 5. It’s not all business at Farnborough. Steel and alloy producer Alleima had people lined up for their take on the infamous…

FARNBOROUGH, UK—The first robot wingman to fly with U.S. aircraft in a major multi-national exercise wasn’t among the ones that the Air Force picked for initial-production contracts last month. Instead, it was the MQ-28 Ghost Bat, which is being developed by Boeing for the Australian Royal Air Force—and a company exec hinted that its CCA could have more exercises in its future.The Ghost Bat, which made its airshow debut this week here in England, flew last month alongside U.S. and allied forces in Valiant Shield, a large training exercise in the Pacific’s Northern Mariana Islands. On Tuesday, Glen Ferguson, Boeing…