Aaron Mehta, Author at Breaking Defense

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Naval Warfare

Taking stock of the big takeaways and trends as Sea Air Space 2024 wraps up [VIDEO]

Breaking Defense Editor-in-Chief Aaron Mehta reports from the final day of this year’s Navy League Sea Air Space conference.

By Breaking Defense Staff

Air Warfare, Land Warfare, Naval Warfare, Pentagon, Space

The sights of Sea Air Space 2024 day 1 [PHOTOS]

A selection of photos from Breaking Defense, on the ground at Sea Air Space 2024.

By Breaking Defense Staff

Air Warfare, Congress, Land Warfare, Naval Warfare, Networks / Cyber, Pentagon, Space

Running down the Pentagon’s unfunded wish lists for Congress

The annual Unfunded Priority Lists, mandated by Congress, tell lawmakers how the Pentagon would spend extra funding over the fiscal 2025 request if Congress were to grant it.

By Breaking Defense Staff

Air Warfare, Global, Land Warfare, Naval Warfare, Networks / Cyber, Pentagon, Space

Ukraine war turns 2: Lessons learned and what comes next

On the two year anniversary of the war, the Breaking Defense team has assembled a series of pieces on the state of the conflict across multiple domains, what might come in year three, and what lessons the US has learned from the conflict.

By Breaking Defense Staff

Global, Land Warfare, Pentagon

The sights of Reagan National Defense Forum 2023 [PHOTOS]

The nation’s top military officials, lawmakers and experts gathered for this year’s event to talk China, Ukraine, Israel, AI and a host of other national security topics.

By Breaking Defense Staff

Air Warfare, Congress, Global, Land Warfare, Naval Warfare

Ukraine, Israel, submarines: What’s in Biden’s $105B supplemental request

Should a chaotic Congress go along, the funds would include $61.4 billion for Kyiv, $14.3 billion for Jerusalem in addition to multiple smaller pots of money for Indo-Pacific and several non-national security initiatives.

By Breaking Defense Staff

Air Warfare, Land Warfare

The sights of AUSA 2023 day 3 [PHOTOS]

A collection of photos from the second day of the 2023 Association of the United States Army conference.

By Breaking Defense Staff

Air Warfare, Land Warfare

The sights of AUSA 2023 Day 2 [PHOTOS]

A collection of photos from the second day of the 2023 Association of the United States Army conference.

By Breaking Defense Staff

Land Warfare

The sights of AUSA 2023 Day 1 [PHOTOS]

A collection of photos from the first day of the 2023 Association of the United States Army conference.

By Breaking Defense Staff

Air Warfare, Congress, Land Warfare, Naval Warfare, Networks / Cyber, Pentagon, Space

Government shutdown: How it could impact the military, civilians and defense industry

Bill LaPlante, the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer, noted that China doesn’t have to deal with this kind of budget chaos. “We can teach them how to do that. That would be helpful,” he said.

By Breaking Defense Staff

Air Warfare, All Domain, Global, Land Warfare, Naval Warfare, Networks / Cyber, Pentagon, Space

What Pentagon leaders say they have learned one year on from the battle in Ukraine

While not disclosing everything, senior military leaders from virtually every service and specialty have spoken about how they’re incorporating lessons from the Ukraine war, from the danger of cell phones to the importance of a quick-moving industrial base.

By Breaking Defense Staff

Air Warfare, Congress, Land Warfare, Naval Warfare, Networks / Cyber, Pentagon, Space

Senate appropriators seek $850 billion for defense, largest total of 4 key committees

The figure is well beyond the $773 billion requested by the White House, as senators say they’re battling inflation and accounting for troop pay raise and competition from Russia and China.

By Breaking Defense Staff