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In picking Vance, Trump takes another step away from Ukraine
In May 2017, just one day after Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey for investigating his many ties to Russia, the then-president hosted Russian Ambassador Sergey Ivanovich Kislyak and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for an Oval…
New ICBM effort won’t slow down despite pledges to ‘restructure’ as costs balloon
The Pentagon is barreling ahead with the construction of its next intercontinental ballistic missile even though the Air Force doesn’t have a plan yet to restructure the costly program.Last week, defense acquisition chief William LaPlante…
The D Brief: Investigations into Trump shooting; New Gaza strikes; Red Sea aerial battles continue;…
Federal investigators are searching for a motive in the apparent attempt to assassinate Donald Trump on Saturday at a campaign event outside Butler, Pennsylvania. The former president appears to have been incredibly lucky and says he…
Can nanotech help solve the Pentagon’s corrosion problems?
HONOLULU—Corrosion of military aircraft and vehicles is a multi-billion dollar problem for the Pentagon. But a local technology company says they’ve figured out a way to overcome it using nanotechnology—and now Lockheed Martin has partnered…
How federal agencies are responding to the Trump assassination attempt
Agencies across the federal government are deploying personnel and resources in response to the assassination attempt on Donald Trump on Saturday, which left the former president mostly unharmed but at least one bystander at the…
Several Pentagon IT programs still lack a cyber strategy, watchdog finds
The DOD’s information technology business arm still lacks cybersecurity strategies in several of its programs, according to a sweeping review of the government’s military and national security spending patterns released Thursday.The…
The D Brief: Russia targets European arms moguls; China floods Taiwan’s airspace; US subs add info…
U.S., Germany have foiled a Kremlin plot to assassinate a top European arms maker, CNN reports, citing “five US and western officials familiar with the episode.” Moscow’s target was Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger, “a white-haired goliath…
Info warfare coming to Navy subs in the Pacific
The Navy has been experimenting with embedding information warfare officers and sailors on submarines, starting with two pilot efforts off the East Coast. Later this year, it wants to expand the idea to the Pacific, said the service’s…
US ‘winding down’ Gaza pier operations
The U.S. will “wind down” pier operations less than three months after announcing a temporary pier to rush desperately-needed humanitarian aid into Gaza, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters Thursday on the…
US agrees to build icebreakers with Canada, Finland
The United States, Canada, and Finland will build icebreaking ships together under an initiative announced Wednesday.This ICE Pact is a critical step in helping allied, democratic nations increase their shipbuilding capacity and better…
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