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Navy’s plans for three new submarines could be held up by budget drama

Secretary Del Toro has also directed an initiative to find efficiencies within new budget caps.

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Europe’s defense spending sluggish despite Ukraine war

Slow growth isn’t compensating for post-Cold War divestments, analysts say.

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Some Ukrainian pilots could finish training in as few as three months

Air National Guard director said shorter timeline is “absolutely realistic” for experienced pilots.

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Senators trade barbs about promotion holds during hearing for Air Force chief nominee

Gen. David Allvin, tapped to replace Gen. CQ Brown as leader of the Air Force, is one of hundreds of officers in limbo.

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USAF aims to ‘re-optimize’ for great power competition

Kendall dispatches teams to seek better ways to organize to take on China.

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Uncertainty at the top blurs Marine Corps’ work on 2025 budget

Like the Army and Navy, the Corps is without a confirmed chief, thanks to a GOP senator’s hold.

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Maui relief efforts continue, with plans to begin debris removal in November

Nearly 700 defense personnel are helping in the wake of the deadly August wildfires.

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Marines to appoint a safety general

After deadly crashes, acting commandant bumps Corps’ Safety Division up to one-star status.

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EU plans to arm Ukraine bearing fruit, but more is needed, Estonia says

Ahead of a US visit, top defense ministry leader says effort to deliver a million artillery shells will likely reach its goal by next summer.

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A year after China cut mil-to-mil contacts with US, a hint of thaw?

INDOPACOM commander met with Chinese military delegation, Pentagon confirms.

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Geopolitical tension with China would hit U.S. critical technology sectors hard, new study shows

The next major financial crisis is likely to stem from further deterioration between the U.S.-China relationship

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Marines order safety review after deadly Osprey crash

DOD: too early to say whether Sunday’s incident was related to earlier ‘hard clutch’ problem.

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Despite major reform to military justice system, Navy still leaves public in dark

The service is fighting a ProPublica lawsuit to make sexual-assault court proceedings public.

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US to train Ukrainian pilots, maintainers on F-16s this fall

The pilots will go through English language training before getting into the cockpit.

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Women face misogyny, barriers to promotion in special operations forces, US Army study says

The “very small percentage” of respondents who espoused such views included officers and senior enlisted leaders.

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The Pentagon may be too busy to fix its half-century-old budget process, reform group says

The congressional panel looking at the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution system has interim recommendations—and doubts about their implementability.

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What military sexual-assault victims think of the new way cases are prosecuted

President Biden signed an executive order last month that removes legal decision-making authority from commanders for most serious crimes.