After years of squabbles over the development of the sixth-gen fighter jet, the centerpiece of the projected $115 billion effort, Berlin said the companies involved “cannot reach an agreement.”

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This week on The Break Out, a Seahawk drone is set to join aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, and a legendary aircraft took its final flight.

“The NRO is at the forefront of integrating AI into space-based ISR,” a spysat agency spokesperson told Breaking Defense.

The Marine Corps didn’t provide specifics on why the service was possibly seeking another JLTV supplier, but told Breaking Defense in a statement that it “continuously evaluates acquisition options to ensure it can meet approved JLTV requirements, preserve readiness, and reduce fielding risk.”

Two top appropriators — Sens. Mitch McConnell and Susan Collins — expressed doubt that a third reconciliation bill with defense funding will pass.

The Voyager is equipped to conduct persistent coastal surveillance and nearshore mapping missions while remaining at sea for roughly 100 days at a time.

“Our commitment to the law of armed conflict is not a constraint on our lethality,” Adm. Brad Cooper, the CENTCOM head, wrote in a memo.

The two awards are collectively worth $437.7 million, according to the Space Systems Command press release.

The potential FMS announcement came just days Iran attacked Kuwait’s airport with missiles and drones, killing one person, damaging airport facilities and halting flights.

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Over 750 exhibitors from 37 countries are expected to display their equipment, say organizers, but the New Generation Fighter (NGF) aircraft, the centerpiece of FCAS, is not scheduled to make an appearance.

New Zealand could receive five Lockheed Martin MH-60R Seahawk helicopters as well as airborne low-frequency sonars.

The German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, would have proposed that the two nations, along with Spain, which is also involved as a partner, continue to jointly develop the so-called combat cloud communication network.

The “National Security Presidential Memorandum” urges closer collaboration with AI companies — as long as they’re compliant with Pentagon demands — and orders a sweeping revision of Biden-era guardrails on military AI.

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Aaron Mehta and Tim Martin walk through what they’re looking for at the 2026 Berlin Air Show.

Other military roles for the drone cover armed scouting, surveillance, crewed-uncrewed teaming as well as acting as a “mothership” for air launched effects, according to the European prime.

Palladyne plans to put new AI swarming software on the battle-proven Israeli drones and compete for contracts like the Army’s Long-Range Precision Munition (LRPM), CEO Ben Wolff told Breaking Defense.

Norway is just the latest ally to open discussions with Paris about France’s extended nuclear deterrence initiative.

“The bottom line is the US is becoming less dependable as a supplier,” one analyst said.

Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-N.H., said the provisions would “streamline … processes, cut red tape, and close loopholes” that make it impossible for troops to repair equiprment.

Katie Sutton, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy and Principal Cyber Advisor, is looking to coordinate AI adoption across several entities within the Pentagon.

While company representatives were tight-lipped about the exact technical details of their offering, they explained that a flexible, software-based system would allow individual member-nations to connect their sensors to another nation’s command nodes.

So far, the department has ordered 20,000 small, FPV-style drones from 10 vendors.

The Navy updated the price ceiling to $2.7 billion in May, up from roughly $1.8 billion.

In remembrance of eight U.S. service members who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for their actions during the D-Day assault and the Normandy campaign that followed.

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Experts said that this deployment could lay the foundation for how the Navy develops its concept of operations for unmanned systems.

House members voted 226-195 to pass the Ukraine Support Act, which authorizes $8 billion in military finance loans to Ukraine and extends the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative through 2027.