Hegseth is announcing that he's killing JCIDS today as if it's a big move, but that was announced back in August. breakingdefense.com/2025/08/pent...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to unveil major changes to how the US military buys weapons and vehicles. Here's what you need to know ahead of his speech to industry this afternoon. https://ow.ly/HAg350XosoM

An inside look at the Hill during a historic government shutdown breakingdefense.com/2025/11/an-i...

A 34-year-old as a politician: My god he's like a baby. It's like they just elected an infant to be their mayor. A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.

The Pentagon press corps has taught me so much in my career. @sirenspod.bsky.social extended our chat with @valerieinsinna.bsky.social to explore what makes it different, what DOD owes Americans in terms of transparency and access, and where we go from here. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

Evergreen tweet.

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How the ‘heartbreaking’ lack of a confirmed leader is impacting CYBERCOM and NSA https://breakingdefense.com/2025/11/how-the-heartbreaking-lack-of-a-confirmed-leader-is-impacting-cybercom-and-nsa/

So happy to talk with the phenomenal @sirenspod.bsky.social about something near and dear to my heart: the Pentagon press corps.

Crazy level of stability at the CEO spot for DRS: One ceo from 1994-2012, then Lynn from 2012-2025. Baylouny, who takes over on Jan 1, has been with DRS for 35 years and COO since 2018.

Need a laugh? We did a Halloween-themed Break Out episode this week. There are costumes. I did a whole voice. It's fun. breakingdefense.com/2025/10/zomb...

Sometimes a reporter has a moment arrive that is so squarely in their wheelhouse they have to swing. And Geoff, unsurprisingly, doesn't miss.

Went on the National Press Club's podcast to discuss the Pentagon press situation and explain some more about why every major news outlet refused to sign. www.press.org/newsroom/def...

Here's a sample piece of "journalism" from one of the "news" outlets that signed the DoD rules. Welcome to the new press corps.

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Kadena Air Base on the Japanese island of Okinawa is the largest US DoD installation in the Indo-Pacific, and is a hub for US & international ISR aircraft flying missions ranging from monitoring UN sanctions vs the DPRK to high-end SIGINT missions. More photos breakingdefense.com/2025/10/reap...

So the president of the United States plans to meet with Putin in Hungary, and when a reporter asked where that plan came from, this was the reply of the United States government www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Reporters walked out of the Pentagon on Wednesday after news outlets refused to sign new press rules laid out by Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense. The new rules raise the prospect of punishment for simply requesting information on matters of public interest. Read more: nyti.ms/48sfl6q

The largest defense trade publications in the US have issued a joint statement on the Pentagon's new media restrictions, which went into place today. Proud to join with our colleagues. breakingdefense.com/2025/10/defe...

"‘Fuck it. Finally clean those bastards out. Get rid of them. I’ll take the hit for a year.’” @valerieinsinna.bsky.social wrote the edgiest piece on the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program you'll ever read. breakingdefense.com/2025/10/clea...

Urgent new statement from the Pentagon Press Association, on Pete Hegseth’s new, forthcoming media restrictions:

oh god

@chadfinn.bsky.social since you set up the red sox feed here, any chance you could make a catchall Boston sports one? (Or at least patriots, celtics ones.)

The funniest possible outcome for this season is that the Yankees are felled by a random Nick Sogard hot streak.

"are millennials okay?" I think we have made it abundantly clear that we are not

Not the Starbucks that always dramatically floods when it rains a little bit!

SCOOP: Gen. Ken Wilsbach will be your new Air Force Chief of Staff, multiple sources tell @valerieinsinna.bsky.social and I. Announcement expected in the next few days. breakingdefense.com/2025/09/wils...

*staffs around the world logging into DTS to book flights* *website crashes* *direct flights sold out* Aide timidly knocks on boss’s door “Sir, you’re …uh…good to go. You’ll…um…you’ll be in a middle seat and will cross the dateline twice.”

Russia is gauging European resolve. What the gauge shows is entirely up to Europeans.

Normalize making everyone who works for you adopt your weird tics in slack

EXCLUSIVE: DoD envisions prize competition for boost-phase SBI prototypes https://breakingdefense.com/2025/09/exclusive-dod-envisions-prize-competition-for-boost-phase-sbi-prototypes/

horrified they weren’t quick enough to keep her from spreading this kind of vile hate speech on TV. for those who don’t know, “go birds” is a coded expression of support for the Philadelphia Eagles

Every major publication in this country needs to have dedicated staffers or correspondents reporting on gaming, streamers, podcasts, and TikTok. Not as a once in a while thing. As standard beats. These are massive segments of American culture. No excuses for it anymore.

Today I resigned from Military.com. It was incredibly hard to leave the newsroom I helped build over the past four years and loved so much. We did work that I’m incredibly proud of, but one of the best parts of our incredible run was going to work every day with our team. Thank you!

Happy to present a small excerpt from @kschake.bsky.social 's upcoming book, sure to be a masterpiece. breakingdefense.com/2025/09/can-...

Happy to present a small excerpt from @kschake.bsky.social 's upcoming book, sure to be a masterpiece. breakingdefense.com/2025/09/can-...

On American defense technology: "We're 20 years ahead of everyone else, no one even compares" Someone remind me of this quote next time someone says China is beating the Pentagon all over the place.

Watching Caine navigate these public events is absolutely fascinating.

SCOOP (again) - The Army is tapping an Anduril-Meta team - and a new entrant known as Rivet - to try and make its long-challenged virtual reality heads-up system work. breakingdefense.com/2025/09/ivas...

SCOOP: The Navy has quietly put Anduril, GA, Boeing and Northrop under contract to design new loyal-wingman CCA drones, according to a document obtained by Breaking Defense. breakingdefense.com/2025/09/excl...

There are few things more annoying than a reporter — especially an investigative reporter — who shows up on a beat others have covered for years & acts like they are the first to discover a bunch of stuff. It's obnoxious. It's great to have fresh eyes, but do a Google search & have some humility.

absolutely amazing unintended consequences

"Catastrophic" is the word that comes to mind. A shockingly exciting, enthralling season likely comes to an end with a bad swing.

New Jersey is the best. (Watch for at least four minutes if you can.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKwQ...

The website that I co-own Defector.com is hosting a RARE sale where you get three months of blogs for just $5! That’s something like 600 blogs for FIVE AMERICAN DOLLARS. Pretty good deal imo and you get to support worker-owned media.

STOCKHOLM — Just three days after Sweden closed a $550 million deal with Bangkok for four Gripen E/F fighter jets, a high-level Peruvian delegation in search of its own more modern fighter fleet visited Stockholm to hold talks with their Swedish counterparts about Saab’s Gripen.

WE'RE GROWING, AGAIN: Very proud to announce a series of new hires and new roles here at Breaking Defense, bringing our editorial team to a whopping 16-person unit. Not everyone is on this site, so as much as I hate linking to LinkedIn, get the details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/aaron-...

That's a wrap. Honestly, this was a pretty great outcome for Pres. Lee. Cooperation on North Korea. Jokes about traveling together to China. No naked demands. No mention of Yoon persecution. Lee's visit to Japan before D.C. was also a great move.