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CongressBi-Partisan Bill Introduced to Sustain Air National Guard Fighter Squadrons
Reps. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.), C.A. “Dutch” Ruppersberger (D-Md.), Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), Jason Crow (D-Colo.), and John James (R-Mich.) have introduced a measure to sustain Air National Guard […]
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PentagonTop Pentagon Policy Official Kahl To Step Down In Mid-July
Colin Kahl, the Pentagon’s top policy official, is set to step down from his post in mid-July. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in a statement on Wednesday confirmed Kahl’s plans to […]
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Air ForceTHOR Defeats Swarm of Drones in AFRL Test Last Month, Lab Says
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory said that its directed energy directorate at Kirtland AFB, N.M., used the high-power microwave Tactical High-power Operational Responder (THOR) system to shoot down drones […]
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Air ForceAFRL Looks to Conduct Experiment for New Airborne ISR to Bolster Coverage of Afghanistan
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) may conduct an experiment by July to help bolster the coverage of Afghanistan, the Pentagon Inspector General said in a new report on […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Looks to Additive Manufacturing to Accelerate Hypersonic Ground Testing
The U.S. Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) in Tullahoma, Tenn., wants additive manufacturing to aid the building of parts for DoD hypersonic test facilities, including Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] […]
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Nuclear ModernizationU.S. Publishes Nuclear Weapons Numbers as Russia Ignores Treaty Obligations
The U.S. State Department released aggregate numbers of strategic offensive nuclear weapons on Monday, its obligation under the New START treaty, despite Russia’s refusal to participate further in the bilateral […]
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Navy/USMCAustal Delivers LCS-34 To Navy
Austal USA delivered the future USS Augusta (LCS-34) Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) to the Navy on May 12 at the company’s shipyard in Mobile, Ala. The delivery occurred after […]
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Missile DefenseIsrael David’s Sling Missile Defense Makes First Real World Intercept
Israel’s David’s Sling air and missile defense system successfully intercepted a rocket for the first time outside a test, according to recent Israeli media reports. On May 10 the Times […]
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SpaceDoD Seeks New Authorities To Meet Growing Commercial Launch Demand At Space Ports
The Defense Department in April proposed new legislative authorities that would allow it to begin charging commercial launch providers additional costs for the use of its space ports to help […]
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PentagonSecDef Austin: Debt Default Would Present Opportunity To China, Hurt Troops’ Pay
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told lawmakers on Thursday a debt default could have a “substantial risk” to the U.S.’ global reputation and present an opportunity for China to exploit the […]
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