Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. is a Contributing Editor at Breaking Defense. He focuses on critical technologies and policies shaping the future of warfare, particularly in cyber, robotics, and AI, while also covering broader themes like drone technology and autonomous systems. Sydney has been featured in Breaking Media, Inc. and has a rich background in defense journalism, having started at National Journal in 1997.
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By: Mark Pomerleau
Top Pentagon officials said as currently executed, CMMC is too prohibitive and burdensome on the Defense Industrial Base. By Mark Pomerleau and Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on July 13, 2026 3:30 pm Share Options Share a link to this article
By: Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“It sounds good on paper,” a former senior defense official told Breaking Defense. “My biggest questions revolve around classified information sharing.”
By: Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Seven teams are competing as part of DARPA's Rads to Watts program to create a new kind of miniature power cell that last for years or decades without recharging.
By: Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“If we got into a high-intensity conflict right now in the Indo-Pacific, it would be difficult to meet all of the repair and resupply needs,” said FLEETWERX program manager Morgan Bower — but a new approach to 3D printing might help plug the gap.
By: Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The National Security Science & Technology Strategy (NSSTS) also outlines an array of second-tier or longer-term technologies to watch, notably quantum and biotech.
By: Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“It’s a big ask,” acknowledged Maj. Gen. Denise McPhail, chief of Army Network Command, but it could allow NETCOM to “leverage AI in that model to understand our vulnerabilities, where our gaps are.”
By: Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
DAWG is Trump administration initiative that essentially absorbed the Biden-era Replicator initiative designed to acquire thousands of low-cost “attritable” drones, particularly for use in the Pacific.
By: Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The program is driving hard to meet President Trump’s 2028 deadline, officials said, but they have yet to release a formal solicitation, let alone pick a specific vendor and design.
By: Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
A private company will own and operate the Navy’s first shore-based advanced microreactor at Naval Weapons Station Crane
By: Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“We can't devote C-130s and C-17s to do a lot of these little shuttle missions,” said retired Maj. Gen. Kyle Kremer, a Merlin advisor.
