Michael Marrow

Washington, D.C., United States

Air Warfare Reporter at Breaking Media

Air warfare reporter @BreakingDefense trying to figure out what's going on | mmarrow at breakingmedia dot com | text me securely with Signal: 434-602-0124

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Air Force eyes 'Advanced E-7' Wedgetail with upgrades including new radar

1 week ago | breakingdefense.com | Michael Marrow

WASHINGTON — The US Air Force may not have its first E-7A Wedgetail yet, but the service is already exploring upgrades for its future fleet, including the potential for a new radar, according to a notice. An April 15 request for information (RFI) released to industry says that the Air Force, in moving to quickly field two rapid prototype surveillance planes, “intentionally” left out certain “emerging capabilities” for those early jets.
DIU selects 8 'eligible' companies for nuclear microreactors that could power US bases

1 week ago | breakingdefense.com | Michael Marrow

WASHINGTON — A budding effort between the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), Air Force and Army to shore up homeland installations with nuclear energy powered by microreactors is moving forward after the DoD determined eight vendors are now qualified to proceed with demonstrating the technology.
White House executive order aims to speed arm sales, cut red tape

2 weeks ago | breakingdefense.com | Michael Marrow

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump today signed an executive order aiming to speed up the sale of weapons to foreign customers, adding another chapter in a long-running saga to reform the highly regulated process for selling military systems abroad.
5 companies, 5 parts: Honeywell pilot seeks to build out AUKUS sub industrial base

3 weeks ago | breakingdefense.com | Michael Marrow

AVALON AIR SHOW — Transferring defense technology from one country to another is typically a complicated affair. But a new pilot program Honeywell recently secured from the US Navy for one stage of the AUKUS program — the sale of Virginia-class submarines from the US to Australia — aims to smooth out the process to get the submarine industrial base stood up as quickly as possible, according to a company executive.
The sights of Avalon Air Show 2025: Day Three [PHOTOS]

3 weeks ago | breakingdefense.com | Michael Marrow

An RAAF F-35A conducts a simulated close air support mission, featuring a pyrotechnic display that shook the earth. (Michael Marrow/Breaking Defense)AVALON AIR SHOW — Clear blue skies defined the third day of the Avalon air show here just outside of Melbourne, Australia, providing an unclouded view of impressive flying acrobatics held over a bustling exhibition. Here’s just a few sights Breaking Defense saw as our presence at the show came to an end.
Avalon air show saw booming attendance, despite DoD guidance restricting travel

3 weeks ago | breakingdefense.com | Michael Marrow |Colin Clark

AVALON AIR SHOW — The largest air show in the southern hemisphere, Avalon, literally began with a bang as the Breaking Defense team walked through the entry gates. It was part of a running series of pyroctechnic, hair-raising displays mimicking close air support attacks and bombing runs by F/A-18s and F-35s, adding verisimilitude and a frisson of excitement for the enormous audiences at the show.
Australia could get first new F-35 by 2029 if government reverses program cuts: Lockheed exec

4 weeks ago | breakingdefense.com | Michael Marrow

AVALON AIR SHOW — The first of 28 new F-35 stealth fighters that were previously canceled by the incumbent government in Canberra could be delivered to the Royal Australian Air Force as soon as 2029, should Australia go ahead with the order, according to an executive with plane maker Lockheed Martin.
‘No smoke and mirrors’ with Boeing’s NGAD win, executive says

4 weeks ago | breakingdefense.com | Michael Marrow

AVALON AIR SHOW — Despite a recent history of of struggles with Pentagon programs, Boeing is confident that years of secretive development work have put the aerospace giant on solid footing to build a next-gen fighter for the US Air Force, the company’s interim defense chief said in his first official comments with reporters since winning the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) effort.
Australia's Ghost Bat eyes live air-to-air weapons test by end of year

1 month ago | breakingdefense.com | Aaron Mehta |Michael Marrow

AVALON AIR SHOW — Australia expects to shoot a live weapon off its MQ-28 Ghost Bat before the end of the year, according to manufacturer Boeing’s defense chief at this year’s Avalon Air Show. “What we’re going to do this year is, we’re going to accelerate into a weapon shot” from the drone, Boeing Defense, Space & Security interim President and CEO Steve Parker said.
The sights of Avalon Air Show 2025 day one [PHOTOS]

1 month ago | breakingdefense.com | Michael Marrow

The Australian Roulettes fly acrobatics. (Michael Marrow/Breaking Defense)AVALON AIR SHOW 2025 — Autumn may technically have begun in Australia, but locals here will tell you summer is stretching on. That was certainly the case for the first day of the Avalon Air Show, located just outside of Melbourne, where the Australian military and regional allies brought along their fair share of equipment, joined by industry vendors eager to show off their new tech. Here are just some of the sights.