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U.S. General Services Administration.

If you’re a fan of 1980s action movies, you might be forgiven for thinking the building pictured above looks familiar. While it may look like a rouge CIA headquarters from a TV show, the Chet Holifield Federal Building — better known as the “Ziggurat” building — in California has a fascinating history tied to the U.S. aerospace industry of the Cold War.
And it can be yours!
The building, which is located in Laguna Niguel, California, initially caught our attention because it’s currently listed for auction on the U.S.

The Silent Arrow GD-2000 glider drone. (Silent Arrow).

Army Special Forces soldiers have tested a brand new unmanned aerial delivery system to enable the quick resupply of friendly forces in the most contested environments, the service announced on Thursday.

Coast Guard veteran Reagan Pettigrew may have penned a fiction novel about loss and the weight of suicide ideations but its his own journey the character embarks on, page after page. And he’s just getting started. 
“I got into writing as an escape from the military honestly,” he admitted. 
Growing up in California, he had a chance to take a tiger cruise with his cousin’s ship as a teen and that solidified his decision to enlist. “I just remember never seeing so many stars. You couldn’t see anyone other than the glow of their cigarettes.

The first NATO DIANA regional headquarters was opened by NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană (left) and UK Minister for Defence Procurement Alex Chalk (right). The centre will bring together academia, industry, and government in a shared space along with the UK’s Defence and Security Accelerator, defence contractors, and the US Department of Defense’s Tri-Service Office. (Crown Copyright)
The first NATO Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) office was formally opened in London on 30 March, the authority announced.

Senate Chamber

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On March 29, the Senate voted 66-30 to revoke the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) that gave former president George W. Bush the authority to launch a military invasion of Iraq under the false premise that the country was harboring weapons of mass destruction (WMD). The bill will now proceed to the House of Representatives, where it is unclear whether or not it will be put on the floor for a vote.

The Center for New American Security (CNAS) hosted an event on 30 March to release and discuss a new report: India-China Border Tensions and US Strategy in the Indo-Pacific. The report on the dispute was composed by CNAS Indo-Pacific security director Lisa Curtis and RAND Corporation senior defence analyst Derek Grossman.
A primary assertion made by the panel was that the US ought to reconsider its current approach to the Sino-Indian border dispute.

Bystra, fitted on an AMZ Kutno Żubr-P armoured vehicle, is a redeployable radar developed by PIT-RADWAR that is capable of detecting aerial threats, such as helicopters, missiles, and unmanned aerial vehicles for V/SHORAD systems. (PIT-RADWAR)
The Polish Armament Agency has signed a PLN1.1 billion (USD255.4 million) agreement with the PGZ-Pilica+ consortium for the Bystra radar, the authority announced on 29 March.

The Space Development Agency has once again delayed the first launch of its Tranche 0 satellites after launch provider SpaceX aborted Friday’s mission.
The moves comes less than 24 hours after SpaceX called off the launch that was slated for Thursday.
“SpaceX will not make an attempt for SDA’s Tranche 0 launch today (3/31), as previously scheduled. They are working quickly to resolve issues discovered during yesterday’s launch attempt. We will provide add’l updates as soon as possible,” the agency said in a tweet Friday.

It has been 401 days since the Russian invasion began. On Friday, the fighting on the ground continues with little progress for the Russian offensive against Bakhmut. Little progress, Many Casualties   Over the past 24 hours, the Russian forces have continued to push in and around Bakhmut in an attempt to capture the town. […]
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Germany is procuring 10 new PzH 2000s for delivery in 2025–26 to replace the SPHs supplied to Ukraine in 2022. (KMW)
Germany’s Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology, and In-Service Support (Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr: BAAINBw) awarded Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) a contract for 10 new Panzerhaubitze (PzH) 2000 155 mm self-propelled howitzers (SPHs) on 30 March, the German company announced in a press release on the same day. The contract includes options for three batches of six PzH 2000s each.