Embraer announced Lithuania would buy its transport aircraft, during the Paris Air Show on June 18, 2025. (Embraer) PARIS AIR SHOW — Lithuania today announced its decision to procure three of the Embraer-made C-390 multimission aircraft, becoming the 11th customer to buy the plane. “We have carefully studied the various types of military transport aircraft…
Washington, D.C. – As President Donald Trump’s second term gains momentum, a lingering vestige of the Obama-Biden era remains entrenched in U.S. foreign policy: Joey Hood, the U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia. As a career diplomat with deep ties to Democrat administrations, Hood’s continued tenure stands in stark contrast to the America First agenda championed by…
In the rapidly evolving landscape of the Trump administration’s Department of Defense (DoD), one figure stands out as a questionable holdover from the Biden era: Michael Payne, a strategic advisor who played a pivotal role under Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Payne’s deep ties to the Obama administration’s Iran policy, his focus on controversial diversity,…
Adm. Daryl Caudle, Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, gives a speech during the Nuclear Power School (NPS) class 2206 graduation ceremony at Naval Nuclear Power Training Command (NNPTC), Charleston, Jan. 20, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dartañon D. De La Garza/Released) WASHINGTON — The White House is nominating Adm. Daryl…
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. A landmark £2.31 million ($3.1 million) fine has been issued against 23andMe by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), responding to a security failure that compromised the genetic and personal profiles of more than 155,000 UK users. This penalty…
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) displays a model of the Kaan fifth generation fighter jet at the Paris Air Show (Breaking Defense) PARIS AIR SHOW — Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) is building momentum on development of a domestically produced engine for the Kaan fifth-generation fighter jet, with a target integration date of 2032, the head of…
U.S. Patriot missile batteries from the 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment stand ready at sunset in Poland on April 10, 2022. The deployment of these air & missile defense systems is purely defensive. They contribute to the robust shielding provided along NATO’s Eastern flank. The SBAMD systems will protect Allied, populations, territory, and…
Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky’s S-97 made its international debut at the Paris Air Show this year. (Michael Marrow/Breaking Defense) PARIS AIR SHOW — Following the cancellation of an Army helicopter program and a loss in another, Lockheed Martin is chasing a European competition to sell its internally developed military rotor technology, and plans to partner…
PARIS AIR SHOW — The news developments keep flying in from the Paris Air Show 2025. For this day two wrap-up, Editor-in-Chief Aaron Mehta and Senior Reporter Valerie Insinna dive into the latest controversy surrounding the international next-generation fighter program FCAS, as well as some news from a Brazilian firm making waves an ocean away…
A satellite photo provided by Planet and marked up by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies show details of radars around the Natanz nuclear plant in Iran. (Courtesy James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies) WASHINGTON — A group of six key US providers of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) data from space are asking…
The sun rises on a Eurofighter Typhoon early on day two of the 2025 Paris Air Show. (Aaron Mehta/Breaking Defense) PARIS AIR SHOW — Some of the Breaking Defense team escaped the rain in DC to sunny Paris where day two of Europe’s largest defense expo is wrapping up. Check out all of our coverage…
Members of the 56th Air and Space Communications Squadron at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam operate cyber systems using a Enhanced communications flyaway kit at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Alpena, Michigan, July, 12, 2021.(U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Amy Picard) WASHINGTON — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced the launch of what…
In this photo illustration, the OpenAI (Open AI) logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) WASHINGTON — OpenAI has won a $200 million Pentagon contract to “develop prototype frontier AI” for the Defense Department, for both back-office business functions and frontline warfighting operations, DoD and…
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. A federal judge in California has halted the Trump administration’s effort to dismantle the State Department’s Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (R-FIMI) Hub, formerly known as the Global Engagement Center (GEC). In a June 13 order, US District…
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. X Corp., the company behind the social media platform X, has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a New York law that mandates social media companies publicly disclose how they define and moderate politically sensitive content categories such as “hate…
An airman assigned to the 109th Airlift Wing participates in a training mission at Raven Camp. (Air National Guard photo by Maj. David Price) WASHINGTON — The Pentagon announced today that it would move responsibility for Greenland to under US Northern Command, a shift that comes amid international concern over the Trump administration’s designs on…
The unmanned surface vessel Mariner transits the Pacific Ocean during Integrated Battle Problem (IBP) 23.2, Sep. 7, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jesse Monford) WASHINGTON — This year, it started with a “Tsunami.” Textron Systems, the Rhode Island-based aerospace and defense firm, was briefing reporters in January on its new…
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. At Oxford University’s Brazil Forum UK 2025, Brazil’s Supreme Court President Luís Roberto Barroso renewed his call for tighter control over online content, advocating for judicial involvement in shaping digital speech regulations in Brazil. Speaking to an audience brought…
Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), the Shahed-136, are pictured during a military rally in downtown Tehran, Iran, on January 10, 2025. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images) BEIRUT — As Israel and Iran trade airstrikes for the fifth day, questions remain about Iran’s capacity to respond to Jerusalem’s barrages — but also its capacity…
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Efforts by the French government to combat online access to pornography are quickly turning into a broader push to dismantle online anonymity, raising significant alarm among privacy advocates. Authorities are now considering applying harsh age-verification mandates not just to…
A controller of Skynode S by Auterion LLC, on display during the USV demonstration media tour on June 17, 2025 in Yilan, Taiwan. (Photo by Annabelle Chih/Getty Images) MELBOURNE — Taiwan and defense technology company Auterion have entered into a partnership to integrate swarming technology into a variety of unmanned platforms being developed in Taiwan….
Former FBI Director James Comey posted an image to Instagram showing beach shells arranged to read “86 47”—a message widely interpreted as a veiled assassination threat toward President Donald Trump, the 47th President of the United States. Shortly after, Loomer Unleashed called out Comey for inciting violence against the President and documented how his threat…
Dassault exhibits a mock up of the French, German, Spanish Next Generation Fighter at the Paris Air Show (Breaking Defense) PARIS AIR SHOW — Industrial problems between Airbus and Dassault are again playing havoc on the French, German and Spanish-led Future Combat Air System (FCAS), with the two firms struggling to get on the same…
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Hunter Anderson, 495th Fighter Generation Squadron assistant dedicated crew chief, ensures a Royal Netherlands Air Force pilot embarks his F-35 Lightning II during a F-35 cross-servicing event at NATO Allied Air Command’s Ramstein Flag 2025 exercise April 4, 2025. (Royal Netherlands photo by Sgt. Maj. Jan Dijkstra) To add more…
Concept art of a C-390 transport aircraft embossed with Czech Air Force markings (Embraer) PARIS AIR SHOW — Embraer this week made news with its C-390 Millennium aircraft, with Portugal adding to its existing buy and the company announcing a new aeromedical evacuation system for the aircraft, with the Netherlands as its launch customer. On…
A Swedish Air Force Saab JAS 39 Gripen departs from Kallax Air Base, Lulea, Sweden, during the multinational exercise, Astral Knight 23 Part 6, Aug. 29, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Albert Morel) PARIS AIR SHOW — Sweden is exploring electronic warfare upgrades for the country’s indigenous Gripen fighter jet amid…
PARIS AIR SHOW — Day one of the Paris Air Show is in the books, and the Breaking Defense team is here to break down some of the biggest stories from day one. Editor-in-Chief Aaron Mehta and Air Warfare reporter Michael Marrow report from the flightline. They start discussing the controversy everyone at the show…
A circuit board overlays the Pentagon. (Graphic by Breaking Defense) The United States is facing the most complex and technologically sophisticated pacing threat in modern memory. Confronting this challenge is not a simple false dichotomy between the industrial titans that have powered American defense for decades and the innovative trailblazers from Silicon Valley and Austin….
MQ-9B AEW offers critical aloft 360-degree search and sensing to defend against a variety of threats at a fraction of the cost of manned platforms. Across Europe’s evolving battlespace, two parallel airpower revolutions are unfolding. One is defined by high-end threats: fast-moving fighter aircraft, stealthy cruise missiles, and long-range aerial incursions by peer-state adversaries. The…
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If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. WhatsApp, the once ad-free messaging platform used by billions, is preparing to introduce advertisements into the app, marking a significant shift in how Meta plans to monetize the service. The upcoming changes will primarily affect the “Updates” tab, where…
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. British police forces have begun acquiring AI software from a US tech company that merges sensitive personal data, such as race, health, political views, religious beliefs, sexuality, and union membership, into a unified intelligence platform. A leaked internal memo…
PARIS AIR SHOW — The largest defense expo in Europe kicked off today in Paris, and not without some day one controversy. Amid all the manned aircraft, drones and weapons on display from companies around the world, black walls were erected around Israeli pavilions so visitors could not see their military hardware — a move…
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Minnesota has positioned itself at the forefront of a deeply contentious regulatory frontier by enacting the nation’s first law requiring social media platforms to display mental health trigger warning labels to all users. Tied to the 2025 Special Session…
Gen. Randy George, Chief of Staff of the Army, discusses next generation command and control (C2) system capabilities with a 1st Infantry Division Soldier during a human machine Integration demonstration at Project Convergence – Capstone 4, Fort Irwin, Calif., March 18, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brahim Douglas) WASHINGTON — As the Army rushes…
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Under a new mandate set to take effect in September 2025, all smartphones, tablets, and similar devices sold in Russia will be required to come preloaded with a state-backed digital identity platform. This all-in-one application is designed to consolidate…
In a landmark victory for taxpayer transparency and animal welfare, the United States Navy has officially The Investigations That Sparked Reform Notably, the firestorm began in April when White Coat Waste Project uncovered a renewed $10 million contract between the Department of Defense (via DARPA and the Department of the Navy) and the University of…
New York Assembly member and New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Kwame Mamdani has built a long legislative and social media history of embracing communist, anti-Jewish, and pro-Hamas policies, including accepting donations from radical Muslims like Linda Sarsour, fully embracing the BDS movement, and even sponsoring pro-BDS legislation in the New York Assembly. Given the radical…
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Israel Anschetz, a load planner with the 127th Wing, Michigan Air National Guard, places chalks on a VC-25A of the 89th Airlift Wing, Presidential Airlift Group, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland on Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, April 29, 2025. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Nathan…
MBDA anticipates producing 1,000 low cost, one way effectors per month to meet an emerging French combat mass requirement (Breaking Defense) PARIS AIR SHOW — European missile house MBDA has launched a low-cost, long-range, one-way “effector” for high intensity warfare at the Paris Air Show, backed with an industrial plan of producing 1,000 units a…
BlackSky Gen-3 Unit 2 First Light Imagery – Golmud Air Base China 9 June 2025 0745hrs. In an era defined by unpredictability, from sudden gray zone incursions to disinformation campaigns and global information threats, speed is no longer a luxury for national security intelligence. It is a prerequisite. Across the U.S. defense and intelligence communities,…
IAI’s booth at the Paris Air Show, surrounded by the barricade. (Valerie Insinna/Breaking Defense) PARIS AIR SHOW — Organizers for the Paris Air Show have erected barricades around the booths of Israeli defense firms, effectively shutting them off from the conference in a move the Israeli government called an “ugly and improper action.” As visitors…
U.S. Air Force Capt. Melanie “MACH” Kluesner, F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team pilot and commander, taxis off the runway after being certified on her aerial demonstration by the 388th Wing commander at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Feb. 22, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kaitlyn Ergish) PARIS AIR SHOW — Lockheed Martin…
Bonjour, bonjour! Good morning from France, where the Paris Air Show has just opened its gates. Europe’s biggest defense event is officially underway. To get you ready for the expo, Breaking Defense’s Aaron Mehta and Michael Marrow walk you through big themes the team will be looking out for at this week’s event. (The video…
PARIS AIR SHOW — General Atomics Aeronautical Systems dropped two new announcements on the first day of the Paris Air Show, unveiling a new air-launched effect known as Pele and announcing a partnership with Swedish defense giant Saab to add an Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) capability to the MQ-9B Reaper. The Saab announcement…
A formation of Dongfeng-41 intercontinental strategic nuclear missiles takes part in a military parade celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 1, 2019. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang via Getty Images) STOCKHOLM — China has boosted its nuclear arsenal by 100 warheads in just one year,…
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Under the pretext of strengthening measures against child exploitation online, a controversial Senate bill is resurfacing with provisions that privacy advocates say would gut critical internet protections and compromise the security and privacy of all citizens. Known as the…
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Ireland is once again at the forefront of a growing battle over free expression, as the European Union threatens legal action if the country fails to implement controversial hate speech laws. The dispute highlights a deepening divide between centralized…
IAI’s Air Lora was unveiled during the 2024 ILA Berlin Air Show. (Tim Martin/Breaking Defense) PARIS AIR SHOW — Despite the new conflict between Israel and Iran, the top Israeli defense firms said they will still showcase their wares at the Paris Air Show — albeit with likely smaller delegations than originally planned. Israel launched…
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Biometric surveillance is quietly becoming an integral part of everyday life, with the world of sports now serving as a proving ground. At the US Open in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, spectators are once again being offered “frictionless” entry through a…
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Google’s latest move to withhold crucial components from the Android 16 source release has sent ripples through the privacy and custom ROM communities, reviving fears that the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) is being quietly hollowed out. While the…
