The next year will start to feel the shadow of 2027 — the year by which the US says Chinese President Xi Jinping has said he wants to have the ability to execute an armed takeover of Taiwan.

This article is one of many in a series in which Breaking Defense reporters look back on the most significant (and ...

President Donald Trump had a hands-on approach with the defense industry during his first administration. This time? Don't rule it out.

The Chinese military itself wasn't free from drama, as Beijing cycled through defense ministers and senior officials fell ...

Key reports covered Japan’s defense expansion, China’s internal troubles and Australia’s uneven pursuit of more naval power. A curated look at standout opinions and analysis covering topics ...

Theresa Hitchens is the Space and Air Force reporter at Breaking Defense. The former Defense News editor was a senior research associate at the University of Maryland’s Center for International ...

BEIRUT — Turkish firm Baykar has been approved by the Italian government to buy Italian aviation giant Piaggio Aerospace in a move that the company says will expand its reach in the European Union.

The Fiscal Responsibility Act, continuing resolutions and the presidential election kept big changes for defense spending in limbo this year.

WASHINGTON: The Air Force wants to replace the aging but beloved A-10 “Warthog” with a robotic “flying coke machine” that loiters over the battlefield, dispensing firepower at the touch of ...

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department today announced a new package of military assistance for Ukraine collectively worth roughly $2.5 billion, as the Biden administration in its waning days ...