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As global competition intensifies, this new Breaking Defense webinar examines how research security policies and practices are evolving to protect federally funded innovation while maintaining open scientific collaboration.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Elements of the concept are already operational today.

“Whatever the number is [for the BBG(X) program], I’m going to give you, right, one of the surest fire Kalshi bets you will ever have: Take the over,” said Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash.

Gen. Marcelo Kanitz Damasceno, the Brazilian air chief, told Breaking Defense that the need for extra jets was born from a serious look at Brazil’s air power.

DoD Cyber Defense Command is working to develop a joint task force for defense of critical infrastructure.

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

North Carolina Sen. Ted Budd outlines his concerns for defense firms as lawmakers get closer to the midterm elections.

The two engine makers will advance designs to power medium thrust class drones, an Air Force spokesperson told Breaking Defense.

The Marine Corps is moving through its Tactical Aircraft Transition Plan as it plans to fully adopt fifth-generation aircraft across the entire fleet. 

In our final video looking at manned-unmanned teaming, we consider likely changes ahead for defense manufacturers as the US increasingly partners with drones in combat.

Anduril joins the US subsidiary of Israeli company Elbit along with OshKosh Defense for the team’s offering for the highly anticipated competition.

The Wallabee prototype is set to provide the Army and the J-7 with more intelligence-gathering capabilities in the stratosphere.