<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Defense - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest Defense news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening in your profession!]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:13:00 +0100</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[How the F-15 and F-22 should inform the F-47’s procurement]]></title><description><![CDATA[Budgetary lessons from the two legacy aircraft can help the Air Force anticipate hard choices for the new F-47, one analyst argues.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/how-the-f-15-and-f-22-should-inform-the-f-47s-procurement/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/how-the-f-15-and-f-22-should-inform-the-f-47s-procurement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How the Pentagon wants to buy cyber outcomes, not equipment]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Pentagon has been exploring a new paradigm dubbed Cyber Effects-as-a-Service, aiming to purchase specific outcomes as opposed to bespoke capabilities.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/how-the-pentagon-wants-to-buy-cyber-outcomes-not-equipment/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/how-the-pentagon-wants-to-buy-cyber-outcomes-not-equipment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2026 midterm cheat sheet: Which races to watch on defense ]]></title><description><![CDATA[With pollsters predicting that Democrats will flip one or both chambers of Congress, there could be major changes to the roster of defense advocates on Capitol Hill.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/2026-midterm-cheat-sheet-which-races-to-watch-on-defense/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/2026-midterm-cheat-sheet-which-races-to-watch-on-defense/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The new must-have capabilities for drones]]></title><description><![CDATA[[Sponsored] Electronic warfare, GPS denial, and battlefield attrition are driving new requirements for small UAS.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/the-new-must-have-capabilities-for-drones/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/the-new-must-have-capabilities-for-drones/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[USAF should buy newly designed air refuelers to meet China threat: Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[Although there’s a “temptation” to keep buying KC-46s, a plan to procure 75 more of the Boeing-made tankers should be an “upper limit” followed by a new, longer range tanker, the Hudson Institute’s Timothy Walton told Breaking Defense.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/usaf-should-buy-newly-designed-air-refuelers-to-meet-china-threat-report/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/usaf-should-buy-newly-designed-air-refuelers-to-meet-china-threat-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death to the swivel chair: How the Army, INDOPACOM bridge comms with allies]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON—After years of frustration, Army leaders are starting to see progress on  upgraded networks designed to make it easier to communicate with allies and partners in the Pacific in the event of a conflict with China. “When I arrived at [U.S. Army Pacific Command], we had an exercise in Japan—and I'd only been in command a month. It was a trilateral exercise between the U.S., Japan, and Australia. And we literally couldn't pass voice data to each other. We couldn't create a common]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/death-to-the-swivel-chair-how-the-army-indopacom-bridge-comms-with-allies/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 22:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/death-to-the-swivel-chair-how-the-army-indopacom-bridge-comms-with-allies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At last, Army seeing progress in Pacific network]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON—After years of frustration, Army leaders are starting to see progress on upgraded networks designed to make it easier to communicate with allies and partners in a Pacific conflict. “When I arrived at [U.S. Army Pacific Command], we had an exercise in Japan—and I'd only been in command a month. It was a trilateral exercise between the U.S., Japan, and Australia. And we literally couldn't pass voice data to each other. We couldn't create a common operating picture without physic]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/at-last-army-seeing-progress-in-pacific-network/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 22:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/at-last-army-seeing-progress-in-pacific-network/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Helsing rolls out Contra air defense design, plus two new inteceptors]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company claims the Contra system can track and engage “hundreds or thousands of drone and missile threats at the same time.”]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/helsing-rolls-out-contra-air-defense-design-plus-two-new-inteceptors/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 19:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/helsing-rolls-out-contra-air-defense-design-plus-two-new-inteceptors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cyprus to acquire new offshore patrol vessel with ‘advanced’ naval systems from Israel]]></title><description><![CDATA[The new patrol vessel will be built by Israel Shipyards and “support expanded patrol, surveillance, and search-and-rescue missions,” according to Israel’s Ministry of Defense.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/cyprus-to-acquire-new-offshore-patrol-vessel-with-advanced-naval-systems-from-israel/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 19:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/cyprus-to-acquire-new-offshore-patrol-vessel-with-advanced-naval-systems-from-israel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EXCLUSIVE: SOUTHCOM chief seeks unmanned river solution as he embraces autonomy]]></title><description><![CDATA[In an interview with Breaking Defense, Gen. Francis Donovan said autonomous systems are “not just for testing anymore” but “taking the fight to the enemy.”]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/exclusive-southcom-chief-seeks-unmanned-river-solution-as-he-embraces-autonomy/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/exclusive-southcom-chief-seeks-unmanned-river-solution-as-he-embraces-autonomy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policy proposal would require firms to disclose how they use AI to develop new models]]></title><description><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence companies would have to report how they use their own technology to build new AI models under a proposal aimed at helping Washington track AI advances and whether developers are adequately testing their safety.The plan, developed by Americans for Responsible Innovation and shared first with Nextgov/FCW, would require major developers to submit quarterly reports to a new Commerce Department office and disclose significant research changes within four business days. The gro]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/policy-proposal-would-require-firms-to-disclose-how-they-use-ai-to-develop-new-models/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 16:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/policy-proposal-would-require-firms-to-disclose-how-they-use-ai-to-develop-new-models/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is the Pentagon’s demand signal for drones working? It depends on who you ask.]]></title><description><![CDATA[“There’s a lot of positive signaling, but we need to see the whites of the eyes: We need to see sustained, normalized demand,” said James Slider, CEO of Performance Drone Works.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/is-the-pentagons-demand-signal-for-drones-working-it-depends-on-who-you-ask/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 15:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/is-the-pentagons-demand-signal-for-drones-working-it-depends-on-who-you-ask/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unmanned systems take center stage at Turkish Ateş Serbest military demonstration]]></title><description><![CDATA[The highlight of the exercise may have been the Turkish military showing off a new drone for the first time: Turkish Aerospace Industries’ Ayaz, a turbojet-powered one-way attack unmanned aerial vehicle.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/unmanned-systems-take-center-stage-at-turkish-ate-serbest-military-demonstration/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/unmanned-systems-take-center-stage-at-turkish-ate-serbest-military-demonstration/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Funding, force-structure issues could hinder Hegseth’s new autonomous command]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Pentagon’s effort to launch a new combatant command for autonomous warfare depends on an unusual funding bill whose passage is far from assured. And while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has given his department a full year to start up U.S. Autonomous Warfare Command, the Pentagon has little of the relevant force structure that earlier functional COCOMs could draw on.“They have no idea. They don't know, nor should they. There's nobody on that stage that actually knows how to build anythin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/funding-force-structure-issues-could-hinder-hegseths-new-autonomous-command/</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/funding-force-structure-issues-could-hinder-hegseths-new-autonomous-command/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GDIT announces Amy Johnson as new president]]></title><description><![CDATA[Johnson replaces longtime president Amy Gilliland, who was let go from the company earlier this month after almost a decade of leading the business unit.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/gdit-announces-amy-johnson-as-new-president/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 23:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/gdit-announces-amy-johnson-as-new-president/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Space Force reveals first 6 ‘operational’ contracts for civil reserve support in space monitoring]]></title><description><![CDATA[Space Systems Command officials said the contracts are an initial step for the Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve (CASR) initiative, and don’t address the thornier issues of US rights to deny other customers service or reimbursement for satellites lost in a conflict.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/space-force-reveals-first-6-operational-contracts-for-civil-reserve-support-in-space-monitoring/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/space-force-reveals-first-6-operational-contracts-for-civil-reserve-support-in-space-monitoring/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Navy’s tech playbook serves as ‘toolkit’ for rest of government]]></title><description><![CDATA[The IBM Center for the Business of Government and Foundation for American Innovation published a playbook for enterprise IT modernization over the summer based largely on the U.S. Navy’s successful framework for technology acquisition.“Basically, they observed something we were doing — we were getting a handful of wins on common problems, and other agencies started copying it, and we started sharing what we were doing,” Navy Chief Technology Officer Justin Fanelli said on the sidelines o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/navys-tech-playbook-serves-as-toolkit-for-rest-of-government/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/navys-tech-playbook-serves-as-toolkit-for-rest-of-government/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kyiv eyes purchase of planned ICEYE, Nokia ‘sovereign’ communication sats]]></title><description><![CDATA[The letter of intent comes on the heels of the political dust up between US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk over a US move to throttle Ukraine’s Starshield access that has all but grounded the countries military drones in its war with Russia.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/kyiv-eyes-purchase-of-planned-iceye-nokia-sovereign-communication-sats/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/kyiv-eyes-purchase-of-planned-iceye-nokia-sovereign-communication-sats/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Qatari Barzan unveils aerial drones, unmanned surface vessels at Milipol 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[“This is a significant achievement, particularly as we continue to expand Qatar’s domestic defence and security capabilities in a year where we have had to rise to a number of regional challenges,” the company said in a statement.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/qatari-barzan-unveils-aerial-drones-unmanned-surface-vessels-at-milipol-2026/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 17:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/qatari-barzan-unveils-aerial-drones-unmanned-surface-vessels-at-milipol-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HD Hyundai, Kiewit unveil plans for new US shipyard]]></title><description><![CDATA[The companies said they aim to build both US auxiliary and commercial vessels at the shipyard.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/hd-hyundai-kiewit-unveil-plans-for-new-us-shipyard/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/hd-hyundai-kiewit-unveil-plans-for-new-us-shipyard/</guid></item></channel></rss>