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Lighter, Smaller and better? I thought size mattered in a Massive Penetrator ;) https://www.defensenews.com/air/2025/09/08/us-air-force-awards-contract-to-prototype-next-gen-bunker-buster-bomb/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dfn-dnr

Interesting choice of vehicle to use as the baseline. https://www.militarytimes.com/land/2025/09/02/army-picks-3-startups-to-fast-track-self-driving-squad-vehicle/?utm_campaign=dfn-ebb&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sailthru

A very good read, and one reason that Defense and Security Budgets need to go up. https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/covert-wars-criminal-gangs-and-new-threat-environment The fusion of organised crime and covert state action against the backdrop of geopolitical...

Bit of a bump for jumpers, and more for JM’s https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2025/05/23/monthly-pay-bump-coming-for-army-paratroopers-hegseth-says/

As promised from the C7 Modernization thread. I have decided to make a separate thread for at least my take on the Future Armored Division’s Reconnaissance Brigade. Some caveats: I see the Division as the smallest viable ‘self contained’ entity. The enablers required for Peer or Near Peer...

So its a more accurate INS... https://www.defensenews.com/land/2025/03/05/us-army-approves-production-of-vehicle-mounted-gps-alternative/?utm_campaign=dfn-ebb&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sailthru

Well the idiot in charge of the Pentagon and Elon Musk have spouted it... SO much for Make American Great Again -- it is more like MAKE RUSSIA GREAT.

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2025/02/04/us-navy-hits-drone-with-helios-laser-in-successful-test/

Color me shocked Soldiers Give the Army's New Rifle Optic Low Ratings Now last year it was announced that there would be only 1 of these /squad due to costs. It was a TRL3 item that was passed off as TLR7 several years ago so…

Well that is a way to go... Not sure one can argue systemic racism while one is a 4* https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-army/2024/12/10/army-secretary-fires-four-star-general-for-promotion-board-meddling/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dfn-breaking

I guess having the Big Vlad Wolf next door is a massive incentive. https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2024/10/21/polish-government-eyes-chinook-buy-as-heavy-lift-military-workhorse/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dfn-dnr

Well Well Well... Maybe you don't need 40 guys to change a tire ;) https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/10/04/54-job-types-down-10-air-forces-top-enlisted-leader-looks-merge-maintenance-specialties.html?ESRC=eb_241007.nl&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eb&utm_campaign=20241007

Well they have a good Comms strategy team at the very least. https://www.twz.com/air/hyperscale-weapons-factory-vision-outlined-by-anduril

Not significant news worthy other than Corps level Exercises are now becoming a thing again. https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2024/08/01/18th-airborne-at-center-of-major-pacific-exercise-for-the-first-time/

Lone assailant with a knife. Learns he shouldn’t bring a knife to a gun fight. Mod edit to add date to thread title

20% pay boost for junior enlisted and a second VA class sub as well as some other stuff https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2024/05/23/house-advances-884-billion-defense-bill-with-enlisted-troop-pay-raise/?utm_campaign=dfn-ebb&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sailthru

He makes sense to me. https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/2024/05/22/for-f-35-congress-must-heed-history/

Finally some common sense https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2024/05/15/army-cuts-hundreds-of-hours-of-redundant-online-training-requirements/

Significant jump in fatal accidents pushes relook. https://www.defensenews.com/training-sim/2024/04/23/us-army-faces-uphill-battle-to-fix-aviation-mishap-crisis/