Future inevitability of quantum computers is a security problem today
‘Store Now, Decrypt Later’ attacks must be thwarted now with Zero Trust cybersecurity.
The Air Force has big plans for 2024, but lawmakers could throw a wrench into them.
By Michael Marrow
From more sophisticated systems like the Air Force’s collaborative combat aircraft to cheap kamikaze weapons, the drone had its heyday in 2023 — and promises, coupled with AI, to be a much bigger part of future warfighting.
By Michael Marrow
Over the last 11 months, the US has made major progress in defining “Responsible Military Use of Artificial Intelligence” and even getting other nations to sign on the idea — without ever actually precluding the kind of automated “killer robots” activists want to ban.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“How in the hell do you lose an F-35?”
By Michael Marrow
The declaration comes as Congress put a hold on any spending in fiscal year 2024 on a new SPACECOM headquarters building in Colorado Spring, Colo., pending a DoD IQ investigation into President Joe Biden’s decision to keep the HQ there.
By Theresa Hitchens
Boeing, General Atomics, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and startup Anduril are in play to field the Air Force’s collaborative combat aircraft, Breaking Defense has learned.
By Michael Marrow
Enterprise-wide training: the Army’s $3.5B program for multi-service combat readiness
The competition for Warfighter Training and Readiness Solutions will bring together training networks, combat training centers and live ranges across the DoD enterprise.
Kristyn Jones, who is performing the duties of the under secretary of the Air Force, warned that modernization initiatives aimed at countering China would also be at risk if a budget impasse in Congress stretches on.
By Michael Marrow
A senior Space Force official said the Air Force was getting “rid” of the current structure as part of a great power reoptimization, but later walked back his comments as “not concrete.”
By Michael Marrow and Theresa Hitchens
Progress on CCA, the AI-piloted “loyal wingman,” and JADC2 command networks will stall if Congress cannot pass funding for fiscal 2024, the Air Force Secretary warned – while China races ahead.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
David Alexander, president of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, told Breaking Defense several options could power the company’s Gambit drone offering, and that the Air Force has been more forthcoming with cost expectations behind closed doors.
By Michael Marrow Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said he is waiting for Congress to approve his plan for “several billion dollars” over the next five years for the CCA program.
By Theresa Hitchens
Kendall also expressed concern about the effects of a likely continuing resolution on key programs, including the Advanced Battle Management System and the Joint Advanced Tactical Missile.
By Theresa Hitchens
A five-year funding chart included in the strategy shows a steep increase in planned missile warning spending.
By Theresa Hitchens
After a top Air Force official strongly hinted at coming changes to the Air Force’s structure, Adam Lowther and Curtis McGiffin warn that one particular option would be bad news for America’s nuclear readiness.
By Adam Lowther and Curtis McGiffin