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Italy boosts GCAP fighter spending as Army vehicles take a hit in budget
Italy has hiked its spending on the GCAP fighter this year while reducing funding for new army tanks and fighting vehicles, newly released spending documents have revealed.
Middle Column
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Democrats push to remove US-Israel tech measure from defense bill
The measures call for enhanced cooperation between the U.S. and Israel on weapons technology development.
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House passes bill to expand benefits for combat-injured veterans
The House approved legislation Thursday that would allow combat-injured military retirees with less than 20 years of service to collect their full military retirement pay and Department of Veterans Affairs disability compensation.
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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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Pentagon ‘greenlit’ permanent presence of US troops in Poland, official says
The Pentagon “greenlit” the permanent presence of U.S. troops in Poland, with the final decision to be made by the White House in early December, Poland’s defense minister said.
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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.
Naval
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Turkey and Egypt weigh joint naval shipbuilding projects
Turkey and Egypt are taking steps to strengthen their cooperation in the maritime domain, with joint shipbuilding opportunities on the table.
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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Manufacturing woes hamper US 155mm ammo production
A new report says artillery shell producers are far short of a goal to manufacture 100,000 Howitzer shells per month.