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After subcommittees' work, Pentagon funding remains a question mark - Roll Call

House Armed Services subcommittees marked up the defense policy bill last week, but the left unclear the Pentagon's funding authorization.

Roll Call

Across the military, basic training is changing with a focus on mentorship, not yelling

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — More than 40 feet up the tower at Fort Jackson, Army recruit Robert Smith missed setting his feet on the 4-by-4 plank from which he was to start rappelling down.

Tribune News Service

Trump’s Air Force One deal pains the Pentagon, not just Boeing

The fixed-price contract for the new Air Force One that Donald Trump talked Boeing Co. into signing hasn’t just caused the $1.5 billion in cumulative losses so far that the company’s CEO has lamented. It has also created headaches for the Air Force.

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Learning to Think Nuclearly Again

A new nuclear era demands strategy, not just arms control.

Foreign Policy

US Congress Calls for Boosting Regional Defense Against Iran

A group of bipartisan US lawmakers introduced legislation on Thursday to integrate regional countries' air defense systems to thwart Iran's threats. The "Deterring Enemy Forces and Enabling National Defense Act" would authorize the US Defense Department to cooperate with Iraq, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and other regional…

Asharq Al-Awsat

NASA is putting together a UFO team

The Pentagon has catalogued a number of UFO sightings over the past few decades. Now, NASA is getting involved

Salon

NASA UFO probe: Space agency scientists to investigate 'national security issue'

The experts will examine 'unidentified aerial phenomena' or UFOs in the latest sign of the seriousness with which the US government is taking the issue.

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NASA announces a new investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena

NASA will fund a "no more than $100,000 study" looking at what astrophysical data exists with unexplained origins led by astrophysicist David Spergel.

Inverse

Marine Corps Osprey aircraft crashes in Southern California's Imperial County; at least 4 killed, source says

LOS ANGELES — A military aircraft crashed in Imperial County near the Arizona border Wednesday afternoon, killing four people, according to a federal source.

Los Angeles Times

Marine Corps Osprey tiltrotor aircraft crashes in Southern California's Imperial County, killing at least 4

LOS ANGELES — A military aircraft crashed in Imperial County near the Arizona border Wednesday afternoon, killing four people, according to reports.

Los Angeles Times

Pratt & Whitney and Lockheed Martin defend costly and troubled F-35 fighter jet and its engine

The chief financial officers of Raytheon Technologies Corp. and Lockheed Martin Corp. on Wednesday defended the F-35 fighter jet and its engine following another critical government report that said it too often fails to meet targets for mission capable rates.

Tribune News Service

US accused of stalling on deal to free Guantanamo prisoner

A former Maryland man held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center has languished in custody months after his scheduled release date despite his cooperation with authorities as part of a plea deal, according to a federal suit seeking his immediate release

The Independent UK

Russian army base sees scramble for Ukraine war supplies, some locals and soldiers say

The town of Valuyki in western Russia has become a crucial staging post in the latest phase of Russia’s war over the nearby border in Ukraine. Throughout last month, helicopters buzzed overhead, military vehicles clogged the roads, and soldiers prepared for combat at a huge military base there.

Reuters

Global logistics specialist swoops for Carlbom Shipping

Ships' agency with strong Humber heritage acquired by London headquartered global operator

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Armed Services panel nudges Pentagon toward more Patriot batteries - Roll Call

A House Armed Services panel wants the Pentagon to consider whether it needs more Patriot missile defense systems.

Roll Call

House Armed Services panel aims to bolster biomanufacturing - Roll Call

A House Armed Services panel wants to bolster Defense Department biomanufacturing and other technologies with military applications.

The Independent UK

Deadly secret: Electronic warfare shapes Russia-Ukraine war

Electronic warfare is a vital, mostly invisible element in Russia’s war on Ukraine

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine latest: Moscow controls 20 percent of Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian army has taken over swaths of land as Kyiv calls for more weapons.

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Reuters

Exclusive - U.S. plans to sell armed drones to Ukraine in coming days - sources

The Biden administration plans to sell Ukraine four MQ-1C Gray Eagle drones that can be armed with Hellfire missiles for battlefield use against Russia, three people familiar with the situation said.

Reuters

U.S. sending Kyiv four rocket systems to extend Ukraine's artillery reach

The United States will initially provide Ukraine with four High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems to extend Kyiv's reach in its war against invading Russian forces, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, adding about three weeks of training would be needed.

The Conversation

What US re-entry into Somalia means for the Horn of Africa and for bigger powers

The US has announced it will resume a limited military presence in Somalia. The former administration withdrew troops from the country in 2020. The mission of the American soldiers is still what it has been for the last 15 years: to advise and assist Somali forces. US troops will not…

Salon

"Gun control" at the Pentagon? Forget it

Believe it or not, the U.S. military kills about as many civilians every year as die from gun violence at home

Salon

The shadowy world of Russian mercenaries

Putin has been using an unaccountable army with a history of human rights violations to pursue Russia's agenda

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine pleads for weapons as Russian onslaught threatens to turn the tide

As support among some European allies appears to waver, Kyiv calls for advanced rocket systems to hit Russia’s supply lines

Al Jazeera

US buys more Stingers to refill stock sent to Ukraine: Report

The missiles are in high demand in Ukraine, where they have been used to shoot down Russian helicopters and bombers.

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