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Lawrence, DefenseScoop “If we can’t do something about the enemy’s UAS and do it rapidly, then we’re not going to be successful at continuing to maneuver,” one commander said. Source link

WASHINGTON — Hanwha Philly Shipyard will construct a new missile range instrumentation vessel, dubbed Golden Defender, to support the Pentagon’s Golden Dome missile shield system, the head of the Office of Management and Budget said today.  Russell Vought said that OMB’s shipbuilding team looked at the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) currently used as a training ship at state maritime academies also possessed a “range of applications” and thought that the design could fit other mission sets.  “We quickly realized that there was an emergent need that the NSMV design naturally lent itself to, and with a hot production line…

The Indian Army recently announced the operationalization of the first-batch of long-overdue Integrated Battle Groups (IBGs), the idea for which was first conceived in 2004, under the aegis of the limited-war doctrine known as the Cold Start Doctrine.  Why is the Indian Army again tilting toward establishing IBGs when the more agile Rudra brigade concept was introduced last year? Will IBGs replace the Rudra brigades? When will they be deployed, who will lead them, and what would be their composition? Since the inception of the IBGs, they have been framed as formations to launch offensive operations against Pakistan under the…

The Aviationist The DARPA and U.S. Air Force are conducting human-on-the-loop in-air testing of AI-capable F-16s modified with the VENOM Autonomy Kit Source link

The Pentagon doesn’t defend one network, it defends dozens across services — all connected, all at risk, and all increasingly targeted by AI-enabled adversaries. Breaking Defense was at TechNet Cyber in Baltimore to discuss this challenge with Leidos. Source link

On July 16, 2026, the foreign minister of Papua New Guinea (PNG), Justin Tkatchenko, abruptly announced the closure of Taiwan’s economic office in Port Moresby. “The physical presence of Chinese Taipei will no longer be recognized or required within the jurisdiction of Papua New Guinea,” the minister said in a statement posted online, using an alternative name for Taiwan. China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Lin Jian, quickly welcomed the decision, reinforcing perceptions that Beijing’s growing influence in the Pacific shaped the move. Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately rejected the announcement as a unilateral decision made without prior consultation. Taipei also…

Brian McSorley, RealClearDefense Hanwha Ocean is

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon doesn’t have a unified strategy for investing in a key hypersonic missile capability for the Navy and the Army — and failing to figure one out could result in additional program delays and inefficient use of funds, a new watchdog report warns. The Navy and the Army are both developing their own versions of what the Navy calls its Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) capability, with the services collectively aiming to invest more than $50 billion into the hypersonic effort. The Navy is updating its Zumwalt-class destroyers with a vertical launch system to accommodate the CPS missiles,…

The latest round of military hostilities between Iran and the United States marks a dangerous escalation in the conflict and has raised fresh concerns in an already volatile region. Iran claims to have targeted key American military assets in the region, while the U.S. says it has been hitting important Iranian military facilities for over a week now. Tragically, the latest military exchanges have resulted in civilian casualties, including an attack near a children’s cancer hospital in Iran. The Iranian Foreign Ministry described the attack as “barbaric” and accused the United States of committing a “cowardly war crime.” The U.S.…

Army Times The Army is introducing a handheld