This week on The Weekly Break Out, we talk Iran developments and the latest in the back-and-forth between Anthropic and the Pentagon.

The Senate has confirmed Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd to be the next commander of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency. The 71-29 vote, means Rud ...

CEO Dario Amodei said he would still sue to overturn the designation of Anthropic as a “supply chain risk,” but he said the company was “having productive conversations with the Department of War” — ...

The Department of Defense this week announced two new tech hires, adding a former DoD DOGE teammember and an Air Force cybersecurity officer to its ranks. The former DOGE member, Gavin Kliger, was ...

While Gen. Dan Caine said the US has "sufficient precision munitions for the task at hand," lawmakers are considering a high-dollar supplemental infusion to backfill missile supplies.

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans successfully blocked a war powers resolution seeking to stop the use of US military force in Iran without congressional authorization, as airstrikes in the region ...

A First-Person View (FPV) drone from the 25th Infantry Division maneuvers during an FPV drone live-fire exercise (LFX) at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Oct. 17, 2025. The LFX demonstrated the division’s ...

A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 495th Fighter Squadron maneuvers through the Mach Loop valleys, Wales, May 8, 2025 (US Air Force). BELFAST — Switzerland has decided to cut ...

Theresa Hitchens is the Senior reporter, Space at Breaking Defense. The former Defense News editor was a senior research associate at the University of Maryland’s Center for International and Security ...

“What I've asked my team to do is look at this and do an assessment to make sure that we get it right, and we understand the operational and cost issues associated with this,” Defense Secretary Lloyd ...

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