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WASHINGTON — The Navy has unveiled its final requests for proposals (RFP) for its Undergraduate Jet Training System (UJTS) as the Navy seeks a new, next-generation aircraft for “intermediate and advanced training” of Navy and Marine pilots.  The UJTS will succeed the Navy’s T-45 Goshawk fleet, which first joined the service in the early 1990s, that the Navy and Marine Corps employ for pilot carrier qualification. The T-45 is designed to land on aircraft carriers, but that is not the case for the UJTS. The Navy’s plans show it will not use the new trainer aircraft to conduct training on…

Pictured is a B-52 aircraft. Credit: Bruno Ismael Silva Alves/Shutterstock.com. In an update yesterday, a senior US military official confirmed the start of B-52  bombing runs over Iran The opportunity presents itself after Iran’s air defence capabilities were degraded early on in the campaign Yet Iran still maintains an asymmetric advantage in controlling the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global waterway The US Air Force has started B-52 bombing missions over Iran, according to the Chairmain of the Joint Chiefs, US Air Force General Dan Caine, in a Department of War briefing on 31 March. Portraying the move as an…

The Indian Ministry of Defence has reached an unprecedented milestone in capital procurement for the 2025-26 financial year, underscoring a rapid shift in the nation’s strategic posture. By the close of March 2026, the Ministry successfully formalised contracts for over 500 distinct proposals, representing a financial commitment of approximately ₹2.3 lakh crore ($27.5 billion).This surge in activity represents the highest volume of capital contracts signed within a single fiscal period, signalling an aggressive acceleration of India’s military modernisation and technological self-reliance.Central to this procurement blitz is the ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ initiative, which has increasingly prioritised domestic manufacturing over foreign imports. The…

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Breaking Defense is proud to announce an important and pivotal development in its ongoing global growth, with Breaking Defense Europe, a distinct edition of our outstanding news coverage focused on the interests of European readers that will launch May 4. Breaking Defense Europe is a direct response to the unprecedented emphasis on defense across Europe. New technologies, new defense enterprises and new strategic scenarios are reshaping the landscape. Those increased requirements, investments and opportunity inspired Breaking Defense to invest in a distinctly European edition, to provide the focused news journalism the defense community of Europe needs.  Edited, curated and produced in…

The Pentagon is eager to incorporate AI “agents”—software that can autonomously execute complex tasks like customer service, scheduling, or code writing—into more of what soldiers and defense civilians do. But a growing body of research shows that agents built from well-known large language models exhibit unpredictable and dangerous behaviors even in benign settings. Edgerunner AI, a veteran-founded startup, built a different kind of agent tool for the military, one trained by former operators and experts on actual military tasks and in real combat settings. The Wednesday release of the new tool, WarClaw, is part of a trend away from large, big-name…

Ukrainian solider operating a first-person view drone carrying a warhead. Credit: Shutterstock/Parilov. Public data indicates that the UK is gradually increasing the number of its military uncrewed systems (UxS) Since July 2024, the UK armed forces received over 7,900 UxS But as a leading nation in the Coalition of the Willing, the UK aim to develop and deliver 100,000 UxS to Ukraine by April 2026 Modern military platforms are becoming increasingly uncrewed, reducing the toll on human lives where possible, and the UK is making steady progress to that end. A doctrinal shift was discerned in the UK’s recent defence…

The IndoWings LM-250 represents a significant leap in indigenous loitering munition technology, specifically engineered to integrate with India’s Pinaka Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL).The LM-250 represents a major indigenous innovation, successfully integrated with the Pinaka MBRL to add precision loitering strike capability. This hybridisation of artillery and drone warfare is a significant step in India’s evolving battlefield doctrine.This advanced aerial weapon system is designed to be canister-based, allowing for seamless deployment from the existing infrastructure of the Pinaka system. By leveraging the mobility and firepower of the MBRL, the LM-250 extends the tactical reach of ground forces, providing a versatile tool…

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LINKÖPING, Sweden — Almost every night over the past week, Ukrainian drones have struck Russia’s major oil and gas sites and ports in Leningrad Oblast on the Gulf of Finland — a new front that a top EU official tells Breaking Defense will impose “painful” consequences on Moscow.  Kyiv targeted oil export terminals at Ust-Luga and Primorsk, along with the Kirishi refinery, sparking fires and disrupting Russia’s critical Baltic Sea energy infrastructure in its campaign against Moscow’s war funding. Plumes of smoke were visible from neighbouring Baltic countries and in satellite images. “That’s painful for [the] Russian economy, because those…