Five companies win DoD’s Drone Dominance small drone ‘Lethality Prize Challenge’
无人机制造商 Bravo 的 Kevin Landtroop 告诉 Breaking Defense：“杀伤力挑战赛的选择为我们提供了一条锁定该产品数千或数万单位订单的途径，这绝对改变了我们与投资者、供应商、其他客户/合作伙伴等进行讨论的程度。”
The new Indo-Pacific security architecture: From hub-and-spoke to allied security web
这是 Robbin Laird 撰写的一系列半定期专栏中的最新一篇，他将通过超过 45 年的美国和海外国防专业知识来解决当前的国防问题。这些专栏的目标是：回顾过去的问题和观点应如何影响今天的决策。
Multiyear buys for F-35, F-15EX? Sen. Budd hopeful airpower bills added to NDAA
这位北卡罗来纳州议员提出了三项旨在增加战斗机库存和留住飞行员的法案。
AIRO’s ‘slowed rotor’ hybrid-electric VTOL drone aims to solve resupply issues
公司高管告诉 Breaking Defense，军民两用设计的目标是缩小后方作战中心和前方部队之间的后勤差距。
Pentagon informed Army ‘just a couple of days ago’ on decision to halt Poland deployment
“这都是相对较新的事情，我们反复讨论了这些建议，最后命令就下来了，”代理陆军参谋长克里斯托弗·拉内夫将军说。
UK picks 4 companies for Apache drone wingman demonstrator project
英国 BAE Systems 以及美国 Anduril 旗下英国子公司、葡萄牙 Tekever 和法国制造商 Thales 已被选为概念验证项目，称为 Project NYX。
Army’s autonomy office looks beyond drone, robot platforms to ‘packages of capability’
CPE 任务自治办公室负责人表示，该办公室将首先关注作战工程、火力和后勤。
From destroyers to drones, how a Europe-led coalition aims to open the Strait of Hormuz
这项倡议由英国和法国牵头，只有在宣布停火后才会开始，但可能涉及 40 个国家。
Here’s how the Army plans to spend nearly $1 billion in procuring small counter drone tech
2027 财年预算请求为小型 c-UAS 预留了总计 9.94 亿美元的资金，所有这笔资金均来自可自由支配的资金。
The Pentagon wants 10,000 small cruise missiles. Here’s who is making them.
主编亚伦·梅塔 (Aaron Mehta) 解释了五角大楼最新的弹药推动情况。
To deliver for the warfighter, acquisition reform must provide a level playing field
[Sponsored] When all companies in the market are allowed to compete under the same set of rules, innovation flourishes and our nation unleashes the full breadth of its technological strength.
Gerald R. Ford to return from historic deployment on Saturday: CNO
周一，第八航母联队的飞机搭乘福特号返回各自的海军航空站。
Iran’s Navy won’t rebuild for 5 to 10 years, country unable to support proxies: CENTCOM
“Today, Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis are all cut off from Iran’s weapons supply and support,” Adm. Brad Cooper, told SASC members.
B-52 modernization ‘stabilized’ after cost spikes, schedule delays, Air Force official says
“这是很多钱。我们中的一些人非常仔细地关注这笔钱，”众议员克莱·希金斯说。
CBO’s $1.2 trillion Golden Dome estimate based on bad data: Guetlein
Gen. Michael Guetlein, who previously said the project would cost $185 billion, insisted DoD would be able to deploy an “operational system” to defend the entire US homeland by 2028.
The case for a $24 Billion Special Operations budget
SOCOM’s budget has been flat since FY2019, but demand for SOF capabilities has risen 300 percent in the past five years, argue former acting SecDef Chris Miller and Phil Anderson of SOF Action.
USVs could be ‘alternate options’ for missions for stretched manned fleet: Navy official
当派遣大型战舰成本过高或不成比例时，无人水面艇正在成为模块化部队要素。
Ukraine UGV ‘Simba’ rolls out of the shadows in NATO Baltic exercise
In videos viewed by Breaking Defense, the Simba UGV is seen completing night missions even after losing a wheel and being struck by an FPV.
