Theresa Hitchens
Space Reporter at Breaking Defense
Views expressed here are strictly personal, and may tend towards the snarky.
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2 weeks ago |
breakingdefense.com | Theresa Hitchens |Carley Welch
WASHINGTON — After months of intra-party wrangling, Senate Republicans are “very close” to a deal in their version of the budget reconciliation package that prohibits the auctioning to commercial telecommunications firms of a key band of the electromagnetic spectrum currently reserved for use by military air and missile defense radars.
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2 weeks ago |
breakingdefense.com | Valerie Insinna |Theresa Hitchens |Justin Katz |Michael Marrow
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon intends to request about $205 billion in procurement funding for fiscal 2026, roughly 18 percent more than was enacted in FY25, with big winners that include the F-15EX and Army munitions and a big loser in the F-35, according to budget documents obtained by Breaking Defense.
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2 weeks ago |
breakingdefense.com | Michael Marrow |Theresa Hitchens
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cast doubt on the future of the E-7 Wedgetail today, suggesting to lawmakers that the Pentagon is looking to space-based assets to take over the mission of tracking aerial targets. The secretary’s comments come as budget documents obtained by Breaking Defense indicate the Air Force has requested nearly $200 million for research and development for the Wedgetail program for fiscal year 2026, but apparently no new procurement funds.
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3 weeks ago |
breakingdefense.com | Theresa Hitchens |Carley Welch
WASHINGTON — Congressional plans under consideration to open S-band spectrum used exclusively by the Defense Department to commercial 5G networks will jam a bevy of radars used by the military for air and missile defense, just as President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome initiative is getting off the ground.
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3 weeks ago |
breakingdefense.com | Theresa Hitchens
WASHINGTON — The Space Force has awarded BAE Systems $1.2 billion to build 10 satellites for its new missile warning constellation to track hypersonic cruise missiles as well as ballistic missiles.
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