A new study from the Hudson Institute finds that while the People’s Liberation Army has made strides in recent years to make air bases more resilient against attack, similar investments by the US have ...

"Beijing won't want to waste an opportunity to humiliate the US by operationally deploying a sixth-gen platform before the US," said analyst Malcom Davis. "Look for the J-36 in particular to enter ...

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 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.

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

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

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.

This was supposed to be the year that the Air Force selected a winning vendor to build its next-gen fighter. Then reality set in.

This December, after 16 months of studies and experiments, the Department of Defense decided it had figured out enough guardrails for generative AI to start embracing the new technology wholesale.

The US national security establishment is cautiously embracing generative AI, so Breaking Defense decided to do an experiment.