The Trump administration is sending shock waves through the development community, diplomatic circles, and financial markets. In doing so, it might have achieved something that, until a short time ago, even the most fervent Europeans would have downplayed as highly unlikely: European leaders seem to have finally recognized the need to take charge of their own defense.
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In the early 1990s, Rich McCormick was one of several hundred young Marine lieutenants at The Basic School in Quantico, Virginia, when he was interviewed to appear in a new recruiting ad.
The Marine Corps was looking for “the most steel-eyed, square-jawed Marines they could find,” joked McCormick, now a Republican member of Congress from Georgia. The commercial would also require a Marine to perform Sword Manual Procedures.
As it happened, McCormick had been a drill team commander in college, and he was ultimately cast.
Derek Tournear will be reinstated as director of the Space Development Agency after being placed on administrative leave in January, the Department of the Air Force announced Monday.
“Effective 17 April, 2025, Dr. Derek Tournear will return to his duties as the Director of the Space Development Agency,” a DAF spokesperson said in a statement.
The department announced Jan. 16 that Tournear was placed on administrative leave pending the results of an ongoing investigation and put Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant, head of Space Force’s Space Systems Command, in charge of the agency temporarily.
For the first time, a Marine Corps communications squadron integrated non-military, commercial off-the-shelf sensors for maritime domain awareness into operations and plugged into the Army’s unclassified communications architecture to gain a joint common operational picture.
The pair of firsts was conducted as part of Project Convergence Capstone 5, the latest in an annual experimentation event hosted by the Army to test emerging concepts, largely in line with the Pentagon’s Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Following years of delays and technical challenges, the Space Force is confident its Advanced Tracking and Launch Analysis System (ATLAS) will reach initial operational capability before the end of 2025.
Under development by L3Harris, ATLAS is the Pentagon’s latest attempt to modernize antiquated systems used by the Space Force to track satellites, spacecraft and other objects on orbit. The software-based platform is the foundation for a broader effort to replace the 1980s-era Space Defense Operations Center (SPADOC) computer system.
What is a bigger priority, fishing or defence?
To become a general officer, one has to be commissioned and then attend multiple years of progressively advanced schooling culminating in a ‘War College.’ Further, the officer has to demonstrate mastery of senior officer leadership – tactics, strategy, and logistics. So, what has America gotten for the time and money it invests in training and selecting general officers?
6 days ago, in April 2025, China curbed the export of specific rare earth materials that are essential for the high tech weaponry that the US is reliant on to win any fight with a near peer military.
NATO announced Monday that it has awarded a contract to Palantir to adopt its Maven Smart System for artificial intelligence-enabled battlefield operations.
Through the contract, which was finalized March 25, the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) plans to use a version of the AI system — Maven Smart System NATO — to support the transatlantic military organization’s Allied Command Operations strategic command.
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