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• How the European Defence Agency can unleash Europe’s startups

  Startups must have access to the strategic plans of the military in order to develop the right technology, argues FibreCoat’s Robert Brüll.

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  Robert Brüll

  2 years ago

• Poland proffers common defense financing as panacea for arming Europe

  Warsaw is spurring discussions about the so-called European Defence Mechanism, a key topic for Poland’s EU presidency in the first half of 2025.

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  Jaroslaw Adamowski

  2 years ago

• How AI voicebots threaten the psyche of US service members and spies

  Artificial intelligence voice agents with a wide range of capabilities can now guide interrogations worldwide, Pentagon officials told Defense News.

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  Aliya Sternstein

  2 years ago

• Ill-fated Gaza pier mission lacked sufficient training, equipment: IG

  The Defense Department’s Gaza pier mission resulted in 62 personnel being injured and at least $31 million in damages, federal investigators found.

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  Hope Hodge Seck

  2 years ago

• Special operators want electronic attack and firepower for watercraft

  Officials want kinetic and nonkinetic weapons for a variety of vessels.

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  Todd South

  2 years ago

• Sentinel nuclear missiles will need new silos, Air Force says

  The Sentinel ICBM program is already alarmingly over budget, and trying to reuse 55-year-old Minuteman III silos would put it even further behind.

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  Stephen Losey

  2 years ago

• Hegseth champions special operations as the force for today’s threats

  There has been a 200% increase in SOF missions over the past three years, the defense secretary said.

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  Todd South

  2 years ago

• Reduced funding slows MDA’s hypersonic interceptor development

  The Missile Defense Agency’s effort to field an NGI is also delayed by roughly 18 months or more, its director said.

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  Jen Judson

  2 years ago

• Golden Dome costs driven by interceptors, not launch, analysts say

  A constellation of interceptors meant to counter low- and high-end threats would require a much more robust architecture than past estimates have assumed.

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  Courtney Albon

  2 years ago

• Lithuania to lay antitank mines along its borders with Belarus, Russia

  The Ministry of Defense announced the decision on May 5, stressing the mines’ intended effect of restricting the movements of invading forces.

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  Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo

  2 years ago

• Thousands of machinists strike at jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney

  About 3,000 labor union members have gone on strike at Pratt & Whitney, as negotiations over wages, retirement benefits and job security broke down.

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  The Associated Press

  2 years ago

• Hegseth directs 20% cut to top military leadership positions

  In a memo dated Monday, Hegseth said the cuts will remove “redundant force structure to optimize and streamline leadership.”

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  Tara Copp, AP

  2 years ago