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The Space Force issued thousands of smartwatches to replace PT tests
The Space Force is halfway through its two-year experiment of monitoring fitness via smartwatches instead of physical fitness tests. The service’s top enlisted leader recently shared his experience with the program—and how he envisions…
The D Brief: ‘Staggering’ toll in Lebanon; Deal averts shutdown; Zelenskyy visits Scranton;…
For the fourth consecutive day, Israeli warplanes are attacking suspected Hezbollah positions across Lebanon in a series of strikes that have killed at least 274 people so far, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Health. “For context, that's…
The Air Force wants to expand cloud-based comms, official says
The Air Force’s top tech integration office has been busy deploying cloud-based command and communications tools for air defense. Now, the goal is to take them to operational systems while expanding use of tactical kits, said Brig. Gen.…
Defense One Radio, Ep. 163: The 2024 Air, Space & Cyber conference
Defense One Radio, Ep. 163: The 2024 Air, Space & Cyber conference - Defense One
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This ‘cloud in a box’ could save Air Force maintainers years of paperwork
Every time a KC-135 lands, it’s greeted by a swarm of maintainers armed with three-ring binders and stacks of paper forms, sometimes tablets or laptops—all necessary to determine and document the plane’s readiness to fly again. Converting…
Protest puts US Army’s $990M loitering-munition contract on hold
Updated: 3:16 p.m.The U.S. Army has stopped work on an up-to-$990 million contract to buy AeroVironment Switchblade loitering munitions after a second company lodged a protest, according to an AeroVironment filing published Monday. The…
The D Brief: Israel, Hezbollah exchange fire; Exploding pagers’ secret source; Army’s new…
After suffering two major device attacks this week, Hezbollah terrorists attacked northern Israel with 140 rockets on Friday—while Israeli jets targeted a Hezbollah leader again in Beirut, AP and Reuters report from the city formerly known…
Air Force braces for new nuclear-war scenarios
The Air Force is planning a tabletop exercise to gauge U.S. readiness to react to a wide spectrum of nuclear-related scenarios, part of a larger effort to prepare for them, a service leader said on Wednesday.“What if, God forbid, there was…
Army embraces Ukraine-style warfare with new all-drone unit
FORT JOHNSON, Louisiana—Staff Sgt. David Meyer peered intently into the screen of his hand-held drone controller, sweat slowly beading through his face paint in the 100-degree heat. Somewhere below his quadcopter, an allied unit…
The D Brief: More device detonations; House rejects CR plan; First B-21 flight video; AFSOC’s…
Walkie-talkies exploded across Lebanon Wednesday, killing another 25 people and wounding at least 600 others just one day after pagers exploded across the region, killing a dozen and wounding more than 2,000 people, the Associated Press…
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