Space Force to finalize acquisition portfolio structure over next two months
Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant said SSC is working to hire “several hundreds” of personnel to rebuild its decimated acquisition corps.
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White House wants Pentagon to demo nuclear space power by 2031
The Trump administration’s National Initiative for American Space Nuclear Power unveiled today says the Pentagon and NASA will run “design competitions” that are “parallel and mutually reinforcing” to achieve space-based nuclear power.
Australia gets new military leaders, including first female army chief
Lieutenant General Susan Coyle will take up her new appointment in July
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1:5 kill ratio: Ukraine inflicts heavy Russian losses using drones, says Finnish president
Finnish President Alexander Stubb said during his visit to Washington that Ukraine is in a much better place than it has been at any stage of the war thus far.
Lebanon and Israel talks set to begin in Washington
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The first direct talks between Israel and Lebanon are set to begin today in Washington, marking a rare diplomatic engagement between two parties technically at war since 1948.The U.S.-brokered talks will be conducted through their respective ambassadors in the United States, attempting to halt the Israeli bombardment in Lebanon through a diplomatic…
Italy suspends defense agreement with Israel
Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni has announced the suspension of Italy’s defense treaty with Israel on the same day she was harshly criticized by President Donald Trump for not assisting the U.S. in its military campaign against Iran.The two announcements marked a change for Italy, which has been a loyal ally to Israel for years…
Amid focus on Strait of Hormuz, experts sound warning on Yemen’s Houthis and Red Sea
The world’s attention is fixed on the Strait of Hormuz now that the U.S. Navy is blockading the crucial shipping channel at President Donald Trump’s behest. But some foreign policy experts warn that the strait is not the only potential choke point that Iran and its proxies could leverage. In particular, they cite the Bab…
Australia touts first GMLRS artillery rocket assembled Down Under
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — The Australian army has test-fired its first-ever locally assembled Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, or GMLRS, a key step toward eventually producing long-range strike weapons locally rather than importing them.The milestone occurred at the Woomera Test Range in South Australia, with the rocket fired from an M142 HIMARS launcher.It was the…
Swedish, Polish firms invest in TNT plants to quench Europe’s ammo thirst
WARSAW, Poland — Swedish company Swebal is building the first trinitrotoluene (TNT) factory to be opened in Sweden since the end of the Cold War, aiming to expand the European-made supply of a key explosive input used to make ammunition.Meanwhile, the continent’s only major TNT plant in Poland is investing to boost its production capacity.With…