In this first edition of the Middle East Defense Digest, Agnes Helou walks you through some recent weapons deals in the region before interviewing ASFAT CEO Mustafa Ilbas.

Countries now supplying weapons systems to Ukraine will be able to replace them faster,” according to the Swiss announcement.

Maj. Oleh Shyriaiev, Commander of Ukraine’s 225th Separate Assault Battalion, told Breaking Defense that Washington opening up deep strikes into Russia gives Ukraine a "chance" at victory.

Air Warfare Air Force to forgo tanker competition, sole-source more KC-46s from Boeing The Air Force’s statement brings to end to more than a year of speculation about its strategy for a ...

The three new contracts come on top of last month’s equal award to OpenAI, bringing the Chief Digital & AI Officer’s investment in cutting-edge commercial “frontier AI” to a total of $800 million.

Air Warfare, Global L3Harris and ELT Group team up on Italian ISR multi-sensor test facility The future facility is one “we think will significantly strengthen the capabilities of Italy to ...

Senior Department of Defense officials will no longer be participating at the Aspen Security Forum because their values do not align with the values of the DoD,” Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell ...

All Domain, Land Warfare, Networks & Digital Warfare Army awards ‘Team Anduril’ nearly $100M to lead NGC2 prototype for 4th Infantry Division "NGC2 is not just a capability. It’s a blueprint ...

This is, again, Europeans stepping up. ... This is only the first wave, there will be more,” said NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

An Army "show cause" letter, obtained by Breaking Defense, threatens to cancel General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems management of a government-owned production facility.

IDEF 2025 — Defense contractor ASFAT was selected by the Turkish navy to build Ankara’s first indigenous air defense destroyer, according to a signing ceremony held today at the Presidency of ...

Air Warfare, Space Air Force, Space Force seek $16B extra for FY26 ‘unfunded priorities’ The services’ unfunded requests, obtained by Breaking Defense, reflect sharp increases compared to ...