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Putin lets Europe join Ukraine peace talks, as Kyiv says Starshield disrupted again
President Vladimir Putin agreed on Thursday to let European representatives join the next round of Ukraine peace talks, a U.S. envoy said.
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Finland says it detects strike on Russian warship in Baltic Sea
Finland’s military said on Thursday its forces had detected “a strike” on a Russian warship in the Baltic Sea a day earlier, but that the security situation in the area remained stable.
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Inside Warhound’s plan to engineer a better military working dog
The company plans to clone top-performing dogs, edit genes associated with health problems and introduce standardized training to puppies as young as two weeks old.
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Air
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Britain says its bases are safe after US refueling planes evacuated
Commercially available flight tracking data showed at least 10 Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker refueling planes left the Royal Air Force base in Mildenhall, eastern England, on Monday.
Land
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US Army feeds culinary soldiers new job title
Formerly known as culinary specialists, a soldier with the 92G occupation identifier will henceforth be known as a “tactical field feeding specialist.”
Pentagon
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Inside Warhound’s plan to engineer a better military working dog
The company plans to clone top-performing dogs, edit genes associated with health problems and introduce standardized training to puppies as young as two weeks old.
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Ukraine urges US to speed up interceptor deliveries as Russia targets power grid
Ukraine’s foreign minister urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio to accelerate deliveries of interceptors as Russia attempts to break Ukranian morale ahead of its winter months.
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Pentagon can’t track millions of F-35 spare parts, watchdog finds
The GAO reported that while the DoD’s F-35 program “is the costliest in its history,” the department “struggles to account” for its parts.
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Hegseth denounces ‘farce’ impeachment in first briefing since May
Hegseth argued the impeachment articles brought forth Monday were a politically motivated “farce” directed at service members.
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Neros to expand domestic drone production with $450M Pentagon loan
The company is a frontrunner in a Defense Department competition to find the best quality, most affordable small drone for combat.
Naval
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Dutch firm Optics11 in talks with navies on secretive underwater listening tech
For underwater use, the company’s fiber-optic sensing can detect an oil tanker at 100 kilometers, the CEO said.
Space
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Germany, Poland tap SATIM to analyze military satellite imagery
SATIM, a Polish maker of AI-based analysis tools for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery, has obtained a contract from Poland’s military to supply software for the automated analysis of satellite imagery.
VIDEOS
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Hegseth says impeachment filing against him is ‘sabotage’ and political ‘farce’
The Secretary of Defense defended his record in his first press conference since May, and said attacks on him disrespect troops, and are a preamble for trying service members for war crimes.
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How DARPA is producing a shelf-stable, transportable blood substitute
Dr. Michael Koeris explains how DARPA is working to move combat casualty care to the warfighter in increasingly contested environments.
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Air Force conducts first flight of drone wingman
The Air Force flew its first collaborative combat aircraft, the YFQ-42A from General Atomics, on Wednesday. Anduril’s YFQ-44A is expected to fly soon.