MELBOURNE − The first of Japan’s Short Take Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) Lockheed-Martin F-35B Lightning II fifth-generation fighters will arrive from the United States in early August, according to the country’s defense ministry. The Ministry of Defense’s Kyushu Defense Bureau, which is responsible for the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands where the F-35Bs…
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How SASC, HASC want to spend reconciliation on Golden Dome, munitions
WASHINGTON — The House and Senate Armed Services Committees have sent the Pentagon guidance for how lawmakers want to see $150 billion in defense funding from the reconciliation bill spent, providing new details on which programs stand to benefit from the added money. The Pentagon has until Aug. 22 to provide its own implementation plan…
In first time since 2019, Boeing goes half a year without losses on defense programs
WASHINGTON — Boeing didn’t book any charges on its fixed-price defense contracts in the first half of 2025, the company announced today, marking the first time since 2019 that the aerospace giant’s defense business hasn’t reported a loss for two consecutive quarters, according to a review of regulatory filings by Breaking Defense. “We have a…
The Break Out: The presumptive CNO on Boise’s fate, and an AI directive [Video]
With American shipbuilding and maintenance under an increasingly glaring spotlight, one submarine recently got even more attention: the beleaguered USS Boise. On this episode of The Break Out, Breaking Defense’s Managing Editor Lee Ferran and Naval Warfare Reporter Justin Katz take a look at what the White House’s nominee for the new Chief of Naval…
Four shipyards across ICE Pact nations to jointly pursue US Arctic Security Cutter program
WASHINGTON — Four shipbuilders from across the United States, Canada and Finland today announced they are forming a “strategic partnership” to pursue a key major shipbuilding program for the US Coast Guard dubbed the Arctic Security Cutter. The shipyards include Bollinger of Louisiana; Seaspan, located in North Vancouver, and Victoria, Canada; and the Finnish firms…
After Thailand’s Gripen’s combat mission, questions of future sales
STOCKHOLM – The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has confirmed that Saab Gripen fighter aircraft were used against Cambodia over the weekend, marking the first-known weapons launch in combat from the Swedish jet. But Thailand’s air strikes – which now appear to be on pause following a Monday ceasefire announcement – come at an awkward…
REVEALED: Ofcom Pressured Rumble and Reddit to Enforce UK Censorship Laws Beyond Borders
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Internal communications now made public by the US House Judiciary Committee shed light on a pattern of escalating pressure by the UK’s “communications regulator,” Ofcom, aimed at pushing US-based tech platforms like Rumble and Reddit into adopting strict speech…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Pitches Eyeball-Scanning World ID to Bankers
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Shut out by privacy regulators skeptical of his iris-scanning ID scheme, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is taking a different route. He’s now turning to the financial sector to pitch World ID, a digital identity platform built on the premise…
Oppose Censorship Laws and You’re Supporting Predators Claims UK Labour Minister
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. A political storm erupted Tuesday after UK Science Secretary Peter Kyle suggested that anyone pushing to repeal the UK’s new censorship law, the Online Safety Act, including Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, was effectively aligning themselves with sex offenders….
Pentagon’s drone policy changes expected to help soldiers fly through red tape
WASHINGTON – Recent changes to Pentagon drone policies are expected to make soldiers less hesitant to use small UAVs, according to the Army officer who previously warned the onerous bureaucracy surrounding lost drones was stifling their use in the field. “Army-wide fielding of advanced UAS technologies was hindered by slow bureaucratic processes, overly restrictive policies,…
US Coast Guard says it chased off Chinese icebreaker
WASHINGTON — The US Coast Guard “detected and responded to” the presence of the Chinese icebreaker and research vessel Xue Long 2 when it encroached on the United States’ extended continental shelf (ECS) north of Alaska, according to a service statement. “A Coast Guard C-130J Hercules fixed wing aircraft from Air Station Kodiak responded to…
Reform UK Vows to Repeal New Online Censorship Law
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The political party Reform UK has declared its intent to repeal the Online Safety Act, warning that the law grants excessive powers to regulators and poses a serious threat to free speech. The party claims the legislation, which recently…
Aselsan adds new platforms for Turkey’s Steel Dome national air defense, eyes export deals
Systems unveiled by Aselsan at Idef 2025: Goktan ground-based precision strike system, KORAL 200 mobile radar electronic warfare system, TURAN Brigade mobile communication system. Koral 200 and Turan are new additions to Turkey’s Steel Dome air defense (Agnes Helou/ Breaking Defense) IDEF 2025 — Turkish electronics giant Aselsan made a splash at the International Defense…
EXCLUSIVE: Trump FDA Official Vinay Prasad Once Said He Stabbed A Trump Voodoo Doll To “Curse Him”
Dr. Vinay Prasad’s Hostile Rhetoric and Symbolic Stabbing Of A Trump Voodoo Doll Sparks Questions About His Impartiality At FDA Dr. Vinay Prasad, a hematologist-oncologist and FDA official, has infiltrated the FDA’s leadership, securing a pivotal role as Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) after being nominated for the role by HHS…
Next X-37B mission to carry quantum sensor, laser link experiments
X-37B orbital test vehicle concludes sixth successful mission, November 2022. (Space Force photo by Staff Sgt. Adam Shan) WASHINGTON — The Defense Department’s secretive X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle will lift off again in late August, carrying a quantum sensor that could enable navigation when GPS is unavailable as well as a laser communication system, the…
Navy looks for ideas to ‘swiftly prototype’ new USVs
The USV Mariner, a US Navy research and development vessel, was scheduled to be christened on August 23, 2022. (Justin Katz/Breaking Defense) WASHINGTON — Following a widely attended industry day earlier this summer, the US Navy today formally invited defense contractors to submit white papers on how they would go about designing, developing and demonstrating…
Inside The Bill Gates and Friends’ Plot To Hardwire AI Into Public Services
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. There’s nothing quite like a fresh round of billionaire attention to liven up the social services sector. The latest crusade comes with a…
US Condemns French Probe Into X as Threat to Free Speech
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. US officials strongly rebuked the French government’s criminal investigation into X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, accusing the company of foreign interference. The US State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor voiced its opposition…
Congress Calls Out the EU’s Censorship Laws for Crossing the Line
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. A new staff report from the House Judiciary Committee warns that the European Union is using its Digital Services Act (DSA) to pressure online platforms into censoring political speech, satire, and commentary, regardless of legality or origin. While publicly…
Tea, Tartan, and Thought Police: Starmer Smiles While Liberty Dies
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The mist rolls in across the Ayrshire coast. A bagpiper bellows into the wind, and standing there at his Turnberry Hotel and Resort is President Donald Trump. Alongside him: Keir Starmer, the UK’s Prime Minister and his wife, Victoria,…
Reunification of the Aleutians: A strategic proposal for the Commander Islands
The Russian island of Big Diomede, or Ratmanov (right), and the U.S. island of Little Diomede, or Krusenstern (left), are found in the Bering Strait. (Photo by Jacques Langevin/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images) In 1867, Secretary of State William H. Seward’s purchase of Alaska was criticized as “Seward’s Folly.” Today, Alaska remains a cornerstone of the…
Supreme Court Urged to Halt Mississippi’s Online Digital ID Law Over Free Speech and Privacy Concerns
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. NetChoice has filed an emergency application with the US Supreme Court to halt the enforcement of Mississippi’s online age verification digital ID law, House Bill 1126, after the Fifth Circuit stayed a preliminary injunction without explanation. The group is…
UK Introduces Online Speech Monitoring Police
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. If you’re in the UK and you’ve ever dared to type a mildly spicy opinion about immigration into the vast and idiotic circus that is social media, you might now be under surveillance by a shiny new government outfit…
Tea App Leak Shows Why UK’s Digital ID Age Verification Laws are Dangerous
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The UK’s Online “Safety” Act, legislation marketed as a safety net for children, was rolled out with all the foresight of a toddler launching a space program. Now, any site hosting “potentially harmful” content could be required to collect…
Freedom Convoy Lawyer Debanked by Royal Bank of Canada
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Royal Bank of Canada has severed its ties with Eva Chipiuk, a lawyer who played a high-profile role during the Freedom Convoy protests, citing vague “risk-related concerns” and giving her until mid-August 2025 to move her funds elsewhere. According…
Itch.io Deindexes NSFW-Tagged Games Amid Pressure from Payment Processors and Activist Campaign
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. On the night of July 23, independent developers on Itch.io began discovering that their games tagged as NSFW had quietly vanished from the platform’s search results. Whether the content addressed difficult subjects like eating disorders or explored adult themes,…
The UK’s Online “Safety” Act Is Already Causing Protests To Be Hidden
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. British users attempting to view videos of anti-mass migration protests on X found themselves blocked on Friday, coinciding with the day the UK’s sweeping Online Safety Act took effect. Enacted by the previous Conservative government, and continued by the…
DOJ Auditor Fired After Loomer Exposes Her Marriage to Violent ANTIFA Sympathizer Behind ICEBlock App That Endangers Federal Agents
Carolyn Feinstein ICEBlock Connection Sparks DOJ Termination Department of Justice (DOJ) Auditor Carolyn Feinstein has been officially removed from federal service following an explosive investigation led by investigative journalist Laura Loomer. Feinstein, who worked in the Austin District Office of the U.S. Trustee Program, was fired on July 18, 2025, as confirmed in a termination…
Senator John Cornyn Busted for Manipulating Trump Rally Audio to Deceive Texas MAGA Voters
Cornyn’s Campaign Edited 2019 Trump Rally Clip to Fabricate 2025 Endorsement Senator John Cornyn’s Trump rally audio manipulation is now at the center of a political firestorm in Texas. The embattled incumbent is facing accusations of deliberately editing footage from a 2019 Trump rally to mislead Texas voters into believing he has President Donald Trump’s…
Senator John Cornyn Busted for Manipulating Trump Rally Audio to Deceive Texas Voters
Cornyn’s Campaign Edited 2019 Trump Rally Clip to Fabricate 2025 Endorsement Senator John Cornyn’s Trump rally audio manipulation is now at the center of a political firestorm in Texas. The embattled incumbent is facing accusations of deliberately editing footage from a 2019 Trump rally to mislead Texas voters into believing he has President Donald Trump’s…
Biden-Era Holdover Behind Mar-a-Lago Raid Still Employed in Trump Administration
Philip Droege, Records Official Who Triggered Mar-a-Lago Raid, Still Employed In Trump Administration In a stunning revelation, Investigative Journalist Laura Loomer has exposed a serious internal conflict in the Trump White House. Biden-era holdover, Philip Droege, the longtime Director of the White House Office of Records Management, still holds a position in the Trump administration….
L3Harris and ELT Group team up on Italian ISR multi-sensor test facility
L3Harris is the prime contractor for Italy’s Joint Airborne Multi-Mission Multi-Sensor System (L3Harris) BELFAST — L3Harris and electronic warfare (EW) specialist ELT Group are partnering to set up an Italian intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) multi-sensor test facility — a first of its kind built outside the US. The future facility is one “we think…
Who’s Who in Defense: Joni Ernst, Chairman, Senate Armed Services (SASC) Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
Chairman, Senate Armed Services (SASC) Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities Senator Joni Ernst, R-Iowa Responsibilities Sen. Ernst is no newcomer to chairing the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, having done so with the 116th Congress. For the 119th Congress, she again picks up the reins of a legislative body with jurisdiction over…
Navy begins inducting T-45 trainer aircraft for service life extensions
T-45 Goshawk trainers on the carrier USS Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Michael E. Wiese/Released) WASHINGTON — The Navy has started inducting its legacy trainer aircraft, the T-45 Goshawk, into a service life extension program (SLEP) designed to keep the fleet in service through 2036 while the Navy advances its successor…
UK Online Age Verification Triggers Chaos, Site Bans, VPN Surge
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. What do you get when you mix bad tech, worse policy, and a government that thinks facial recognition is just magic fairy dust? You get the UK’s Online Safety Act, now fully operational, steamrolling through privacy rights like a…
Reps. Gottheimer and Bacon Call For Controversial “STOP HATE Act” to Regulate Social Media Content with ADL Backing
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. A new piece of legislation was unveiled by Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and Don Bacon (R-NE) will raise alarms among defenders of free speech, as it aims to impose sweeping oversight on major social media platforms under the stated…
Allentown Sued for Retaliating Against Man Who Filmed Police from Public Sidewalk
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. A Pennsylvania man who used his phone to record police officers from a public sidewalk is taking the City of Allentown to court after being chased by a patrol vehicle, threatened with arrest, and charged with loitering and disorderly…
Innocent People Are Already Getting Caught Up in UK Police’s Dystopian Facial Recognition Scans
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. A community volunteer wrongly targeted by facial recognition technology is preparing to take London’s Metropolitan Police to court after what he describes as a distressing and unjust encounter. The High Court has now granted permission for the case to…
With Formula 1 blueprint, MGI Engineering says it’s revving up to scale drone production
UK firm MGI Engineering unveiled the SkyShark one way attack drone earlier this month as the company bids to satisfy a UK MoD requirement for up to 7000 of such aircraft (MGI Engineering) BELFAST — Leveraging vast experience in Formula 1 racing car designs, UK firm MGI Engineering is switching lanes and prioritizing a ramp…
Santiago Summit: Boric, Lula, Petro, and Sánchez Call for Global Digital Speech Regulation in Name of Democracy
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. A political summit in Santiago this week brought together a bloc of staunchly pro-censorship leaders who used the gathering to call for aggressive state regulation of digital platforms and to promote a shared vision of global governance rooted in…
South Korea to perform engine overhauls for US Army Chinooks
A CH-47F Chinook of the US Army’s 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade lands at Osan Air Base in South Korea in May 2025. (Mike Yeo / Breaking Defense) MELBOURNE — The US and South Korean militaries have agreed on a plan to overhaul US Army Chinook heavy lift helicopters based in South Korea in-country under a…
Monte Hawkins Fired After Loomer Report Exposes Anti-Trump, Pro-DEI CBP Vetting Director
Monte Hawkins Led Immigration Vetting While Actively Defying Trump’s Border Agenda—Until Loomer Exposed Him CBP leadership fired Monte Hawkins from his role as Director of the National Vetting Center (NVC) just two days after investigative journalist Laura Loomer exposed his anti-Trump, pro-DEI, and open borders agenda. As the official in charge of immigration vetting systems,…
We are China hawks. Don’t pivot to Asia!
Chinese Vice President Han Zheng meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok, Russia, Sept. 4, 2024. (Photo by Wang Ye/Xinhua via Getty Images) American B-2s just set the Iranian nuclear problem back by years. Syria is no longer a basket case. And the Trump administration has secured a commitment by NATO members to spend…
My Horrible Two Weeks
Nearly four weeks ago I described what I called my horrible two weeks – wherein my gallbladder, which we had thought was okay, unilaterally decided to develop a few gallstones with one thinking crawling up and blocking my pancreatic duct and causing a massively painful case of pancreatitis might be fun. Hint: it wasn’t. Well,…
Regional sales and ASFAT’s CEO on his expansion plans: Middle East Defense Digest [Video]
Welcome to the first edition of the Middle East Defense Digest, a new monthly show hosted by Breaking Defense’s Middle Eastern Bureau Chief Agnes Helou. In this inaugural episode, Agnes explains what to expect from the show, touches on a few recent contract announcements from the region, and then sits down for an interview with…
Power, payload, range, and advanced avionics: What’s needed in multi-role helicopters
Leonardo’s AW149 can transport 16 fully equipped troops in accord with standard NATO requirements. (Leonardo photo) The AW149 helicopter is Leonardo’s medium-sized rotary wing solution for the modern battlefield. Designed to meet evolving operational needs driven by the current geopolitical state of affairs and the necessity for interoperability among different military assets and domains, the…
Appropriators restore funding for Commerce’s TraCSS spacewatch effort
The orbital population of active and inactive satellites continues to grow, especially in low Earth orbit. (Image credit: NASA) WASHINGTON — The fiscal 2026 budget bills approved by appropriators on both sides of Capitol Hill would restore fiscal 2026 funding eliminated by the Trump administration for the Commerce Department’s nascent space safety program — an…
State Department clears Egypt to buy NASAMS in $4.7B deal
The National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, or NASAMS, firing a missile. The system, jointly produced by the US and Norway, is a critical part of Ukraine’s air defense. (Photo: Kongsberg Defense and Aerospace) WASHINGTON —The US State Department today approved the potential Foreign Military Sale of the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) to Egypt…
Startup Union eyes share of 155mm shell production at new Texas facility
US Army Charlie Battery, 4th Battalion, 11th Field Artillery perform a series of 155mm calibration fires to ensure accuracy in brigade operations. (DVIDS) WASHINGTON — At a time when the US Army is working to ramp up 155mm artillery round production, a venture-backed startup is eyeing a share of that market with the launch of…
Largest military buildup in the Pacific since World War II means network transport must keep up
Warfighters operate equipment at the lab located at Defense Information Systems Agency Headquarters at Fort Meade, MD. (Photo by David Abizaid, Defense Information Systems Agency). A myriad of challenges facing the Department of Defense network transport include legacy systems, security, bandwidth, and latency. To address these issues and to “future-proof” network transport so it stays…
Retailers Are Charging You More Based on Your Data. Here’s What You Can Do.
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Ever noticed online price tags that seem suspiciously uncertain, numbers hovering ambiguously between suggestion and reality? That’s surveillance pricing, the newest darling of…
