Navy's Secret Combat Drone Plans. The Weekly Break Out
This week on The Break Out, Congress reporter Valerie Insinna unpacks the Navy’s secretive plans for carrier-based Collaborative Combat Aircraft, while air warfare reporter Michael Marrow breaks down the Sentinel ICBM program's latest steps toward replacing America’s aging nuclear missile silos.
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Pentagon axes key capability office. The Weekly Break Out
This week, Pentagon reporter Ashley Roque discusses how the DoD nixed the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System, better known as JCIDS. Plus, an Air National Guard base gets the F-15EX.
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How DOGE cuts are being institutionalized in the Pentagons policy. The Weekly Break Out
In this week's episode, Air Warfare reporter Michael Marrow discusses how the Pentagon is making DOGE part of its regular process. Plus, Aaron Mehta and Lee Ferran discuss changes to the defense cyber workforce.
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Ukraine's hopes of drone exports hits turbulence. The Weekly Break Out
In this week's episode of the Break Out, we lay out the bumps Ukraine is seeing for its drone exports and we dive into a Navy exercise that mimics a real-world scenario.
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Army bets big on Palantir and Golden Dome takes center stage. The Weekly Breakout
In this week's Break Out, we talk Palantir's all-in-one contract and discuss why Golden Dome will be the talk of the Space and Missile Defense Symposium this week in Huntsville.
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