If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The UK’s Labour government is facing mounting pressure over its failure to stem the rise in illegal immigration, as the number of people arriving via small boats continues to surge to record highs. Over the weekend, nearly 1,200 migrants…
A Philippine Air Force FA-50PH Fighting Eagle takes off at Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin, Australia, during Exercise Pitch Black 24. (Credit: SGT David Gibbs/Australian Department of Defence) SINGAPORE — US treaty allies Thailand and the Philippines have both announced the order of new fighter jets, with Bangkok going for the Saab JAS-39E/F Gripen…
U.S. Soldiers with the Pennsylvania National Guard train with RQ-28 short range reconnaissance quadcopters during a field training exercise at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, Oct. 19, 2024. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Aliyah Vivier) WASHINGTON — A day after cheap Ukrainian drones destroyed more than a dozen Russian heavy bombers and surveillance aircraft…
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Citigroup is rolling out changes to its internal policies to reinforce a public stance against what many consider to be politically motivated discrimination, following an escalating backlash over alleged partisan bias in the banking sector. The announcement, released Tuesday,…
The UK Royal Navy’s HMS Astute SSN passes a Moroccan frigate off the coast of Morocco (UK MoD) BELFAST — It will take huge investment in local shipbuilding for the UK to acquire “up to” 12 nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) under the trilateral AUKUS program, with each vessel estimated to cost $3.4 billion, according to…
Marines, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepare to load an AIM-9X missile on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) while in the Philippine Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cole Pursley) WASHINGTON — Raytheon today announced the Navy awarded it a…
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Efforts by states to establish oversight of artificial intelligence may soon face a sweeping federal roadblock. Buried within President Donald Trump’s expansive legislative proposal, nicknamed the “Big Beautiful Bill,” is a measure that would halt both current and future…
Artist rendering of BAE Systems’ satellite for the Space Force’s planned Resilient Missile Warning/Tracking Medium Earth Orbit constellation. (Image credit: BAE Systems Space and Mission Systems) WASHINGTON — The Space Force has awarded BAE Systems $1.2 billion to build 10 satellites for its new missile warning constellation to track hypersonic cruise missiles as well as…
A view of a Vampire and Kamikaze BC drone used by the 59th Brigade during tests before deployment to the frontline in Dnipro, Ukraine on May 21, 2025. (Photo by Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images) SINGAPORE — On Saturday, Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Oleksandr Rozenko appeared on a panel at the annual Shangri-la Dialogue, where…
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a visit with Michigan Air National Guard troops on April 29, 2025 at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — In late April President Donald Trump stood before members of the Michigan National Guard and proclaimed that he would replace the A-10 Warthogs currently operated…
A screengrab from a YouTube video posted by EDGE Group showing the first Falaj-3 vessel launched on Jan. 14, 2025. (YouTube) BEIRUT — The United Arab Emirate defense conglomerate EDGE Group has signed a $2.45 billion deal with the Kuwaiti government to provide it with eight naval patrol vessels in what the company said is its…
A rendering of the GEK1500. (GE and Kratos image) EVENDALE, Ohio — GE Aerospace and Kratos are kicking off development of a new engine to power “lower end” designs of Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) drone wingmen, the two companies revealed today, expanding their existing partnership for producing a family of more affordable engines. The new…
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Welcome to a new privacy-first initiative challenging the digital identity status quo, urging a sharp turn away from the surveillance-ready infrastructure embedded in mobile driver’s licenses. The campaign, called No Phone Home, brings together a broad alliance of civil…
US soldiers assigned to Task Force Sentinel, operate a UH-72A Lakota at Dona Ana County International Airport, Dona Ana, N.M., on Feb. 22, 2025.(US Army/ Pfc. Dominic Atlas) WASHINGTON — Senior Army officials said they’re on a new quest to revamp how aviators learn to fly helicopters, and have announced plans in a new notice…
Michael P. Duffey appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his nomination to become undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment in Washington, D.C. March 27, 2025. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom) WASHINGTON — The Senate today confirmed Michael Duffey to be the Pentagon’s next acquisition czar, installing a previous Defense Department official as…
This week on The Break Out, editors Aaron Mehta and Lee Ferran go global. First, the pair discuss the top stories out of the Shangri-La Dialogue, the annual gathering in Singapore of defense leaders from the Pacific and around the world. Then, they turn to the United Kingdom and its roll out of the much-anticipated…
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. It’s becoming familiar: get arrested, go to trial, and find out the government’s star witness is a half-baked algorithm built in a Silicon Valley basement, rubber-stamped by a judge who can’t program a VCR. This time it’s in New…
US President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the US Navy John Phelan listens during a Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on February 27, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — The Department of the Navy has saved an estimated $1 billion through various contract cancellations initiated by…
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. A federal antitrust investigation into the coordinated efforts of advocacy groups and advertising coalitions has gained momentum, as the Federal Trade Commission sharpens its focus on whether Media Matters for America and its allies may have worked together to…
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. China-based AI company DeepSeek has released the latest version of its reasoning model, R1-0528, boasting technical improvements that bring it closer to the capabilities of Western leaders like OpenAI. Yet the real spotlight has landed not on its performance…
How many of you understand what the term academic probation means? Academic probation is that period of time after the new lecturer has been appointed at the university but before they are made permanent or, as it is described in some countries, before they are granted tenure. It used to be common for the period…
Image courtesy of BAE Systems. BAE Systems is actively developing and fielding a comprehensive family of M-Code GPS receiver solutions. Our company has created security-certified Common GPS Modules (CGMs) that leverage the robust M-Code signal across an all-inclusive GPS receiver portfolio. The portfolio scales from the world’s smallest and lowest-power M-Code GPS for size, weight,…
Sgt. 1st Class Alfred Little, assigned to 188th Infantry Brigade, mans the Parrot ANAFI USA Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) during field training on Fort Stewart, Georgia. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Marlana Cureton) WASHINGTON — In another effort to speed up drone acquisition, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is using a “new and agile” process…
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei attends an event in Tehran, Iran on May 10, 2025. (Photo by IRANIAN LEADER PRESS OFFICE/Anadolu via Getty Images) President Donald Trump’s historic visit to the Middle East, the first planned overseas visit of his second term, focused on deepening commercial and cultural ties — investments that not only…
The former USS Enterprise (CVN-65) sits in port at Newport News Shipbuilding awaiting final inactivation. (Justin Katz/Breaking Defense) WASHINGTON — The Navy awarded a $536 million contract to NorthStar Maritime Dismantlement Service to dismantle, recycle and dispose of the former aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN-65), a four-year undertaking that will set precedents for future nuclear-powered ship…
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Pakistani authorities have moved to disable the national ID and passports of individuals linked to the unrest that unfolded on May 9, 2023, turning to geo-fencing technology to track the presence of mobile devices near demonstration sites. The protesters…
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. A Kent man wrongly arrested over a social media post warning has received £20,000 ($27,000) in compensation, after police conceded their handling of the incident was inappropriate and unlawful. Julian Foulkes, a 71-year-old retired special constable from Gillingham, was…
A Boeing KC-46A Pegasus takes off at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 25, 2018, during a system evaluation. This is the first time the KC-46A visited Japan. The flight is to support an initial evaluation by the USAF of the KC-46A’s integrated mission system suite as well as its ability to conduct worldwide navigation, communication…
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. American Airlines has begun using facial recognition to verify passenger identities at airport security, further embedding biometric technology into the air travel experience. The airline’s new Touchless ID program, now live at several major airports, allows select travelers to…
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. A legislative push in Turkey is drawing sharp rebuke over what many view as a direct assault on religious freedom: a proposed law that would empower the state’s top religious institution to confiscate and destroy Quran translations it deems…
Satellite imagery taken by Maxar Technologies on Aug. 29, 2022 shows the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine. (Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies) WASHINGTON — Expected cuts to budgets for commercial satellite imagery used increasingly by the military, Intelligence Community and national weather organizations are threatening the financial stability of the US remote sensing ecosystem as a…
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Royal Navy modernisation is a central part of the UK’s newly released Strategic Defence Review (SDR) which sets out a plan to order “up to” 12 attack submarines aligned to the trilateral AUKUS program (UK MoD) BELFAST — The UK is set to release an ambitious defense review today, reorienting its armed forces toward “warfighting…
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The growing clash between American constitutional principles and Brazil’s expanding judicial censorship has reached a new level, as the US Justice Department formally warned Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes about his efforts to impose restrictions on a…
Rafale jet fighters (Photo by GUILLAUME SOUVANT/AFP/GUILLAUME SOUVANT/AFP via Getty Images) SINGAPORE — The Chief of Defence Staff of the Indian Armed Forces has for the first time confirmed Pakistan shot down Indian Air Force fighter jets during clashes in early May. Speaking to Bloomberg TV at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore, Gen….
Singapore defense minister Chan Chun Sing speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on June 1 (Credit: Singapore Ministry of Defence) SINGAPORE — Singapore’s new defense minister today called on China to “use every opportunity possible” to engage with the US and regional countries, saying that doing so is in its interest. “Having spoken with…
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivers remarks at the 22nd Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, May 30, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza) SINGAPORE — US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth used a key address here in Singapore to assert that while the US doesn’t seek war with China, it…
Russia’s new Cosmos 2588, launched May 23, 2025, is following a US government satellite believed to be NRO’s USA 338. (Image: Marco Langbroek/SatCamTrack Leiden) WASHINGTON — Russia’s newest satellite in its low Earth orbit (LEO) Cosmos series is in orbit near an unnamed US government satellite, according to US Space Command — further stoking suspicions…
Every May, Baltimore transforms into the epicenter of defense cybersecurity as it hosts the highly anticipated AFCEA TechNet conference. This year, despite a leaner speaker lineup compared to past events, attendance was strong — including Carley Welch, our dedicated networks and cybersecurity reporter. The conference’s biggest highlight came from an exclusive one-on-one interview between Welch…
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The European Commission has launched a €5 million initiative presented as a fact-checking support program; but beneath the surface, it reads as yet another calculated step toward institutionalizing censorship across the European Union. This call for proposals is marketed…
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. A federal appeals court has ruled that state officials violated the Fourth Amendment when they orchestrated the covert retrieval of documents from a nonprofit’s Dropbox folder, an outcome that significantly strengthens legal protections for digital privacy in cloud-based environments….
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Brazilian authorities are intensifying their efforts to exert control over online discourse, advancing legal and bureaucratic mechanisms that, while framed as safeguards against “disinformation” and “digital violence,” raise red flags for advocates of free expression. The latest move comes…
The upcoming Summit of the Americas, set to be hosted in the Dominican Republic in December 2025, is shaping up to be a blatant display of anti-Trump sentiment, orchestrated by Biden-appointed bureaucrats and a Dominican government cozying up to Communist China. This conference, which is meant to foster unity in the Western Hemisphere, is instead…
The upcoming Summit of the Americas, set to be hosted in the Dominican Republic in December 2025, is shaping up to be a blatant display of anti-Trump sentiment, orchestrated by Biden-appointed bureaucrats and a Dominican government cozying up to Communist China. This conference, which is meant to foster unity in the Western Hemisphere, is instead…
French President Emmanuel Macron answers questions from the audience following a keynote address during the 22nd IISS Shangri-La Dialogue at the Shangri-La Hotel on May 30, 2025 in Singapore. (Photo by Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images) SINGAPORE — Giving in to Russia’s demands to annex a significant portion of Ukraine without consequences would deal a blow…
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. T-Mobile is facing renewed backlash over its T-Life app, this time for quietly introducing a screen recording feature that is automatically activated on some devices. The tool, labeled “Screen recording tool,” has been discovered by users in the app’s…
Cell guides on the Ane Maersk, A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S’s newest methanol-powered container ship, foreground, at the HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea, on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Trump administration officials speak often of the responsibility of American allies and partners to do more for the…
If the F-35 is going to keep up with technological advances from near-peer militaries, it’s going to need new options for pilots from the US and its partners. So, what will that look like? In part three of our F-35 roundtable video series, Breaking Defense’s Aaron Mehta, Valerie Insinna and Michael Marrow, alongside analyst JJ…
Cyber Shield participants compete in the annual “NetWars” games during the Cyber Shield training event held at the Virginia National Guard State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach on June 7th, 2024. SANS NetWars focuses on the practical application and assessment of hands-on cybersecurity training. The cyber range enables individuals to apply the knowledge they gained…
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz participate in a bilateral exchange at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 27, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Spencer Perkins) WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the Pentagon to strictly limit its use of…
Andruil founder Palmer Luckey (left) poses with Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg (right) in this undated photo. (Anduril) WASHINGTON — Anduril and Meta will team to compete for the US Army’s next-gen mixed-reality, heads-up display program, the companies announced today. In a joint statement today, the duo announced the partnership to “design, build, and field” a…
