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The Pentagon

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On Monday, it was discovered that an unsecured server at the Department of Defense (DOD) had been leaking sensitive military emails online for two full weeks. The incident is being blamed on a misconfiguration that left the server without a password.
The server contained files with sensitive personnel information from the past several years, including completed SF-86 questionnaires, which contain background information for personnel with security clearance.

A model of the Airbus RACER high-speed helicopter concept that may be leveraged under the EU’s ENGRT effort. (Janes/Patrick Allen)
The United Kingdom looks set to join the European Union’s (EU’s) European Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies (ENGRT) programme to develop the technologies for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft for the post-2035 timeframe.

The Airbus RACER is a concept for high-speed rotorcraft flight, which may be leveraged for the NGRC effort. (Janes/Gareth Jennings)
NATO has outlined the concept study for its Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability (NGRC) programme, which will run across five phases that were commenced in 2022.

Kim Yo Jong, the North Korean ruler’s sister, warned against any further U.S. exercises.
The post North Korea launches ballistic missiles as US trains with Japan and South Korea appeared first on Sandboxx.

A model of PT PAL’s 163 m multimission support vessel at NAVDEX 2023 in Abu Dhabi. (Janes)
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced it had awarded the Indonesian shipyard PT PAL an AED1.5 billion (USD408.32 million) contract to supply a “multimission vessel” during the IDEX 2023 show being held in Abu Dhabi from 20 to 24 February.
PT PAL confirmed to Janes that the contract was for a 163 m multimission support vessel, which is a landing platform dock (LPD).

Loren Thompson, Forbes
President Biden’s views on various policy issues, we are often told, have evolved over time.

A. Capaccio, Bloomberg
The U.S. is providing Ukraine a long-range GPS-guided bomb made by Boeing Co. that’s capable of hitting targets 45 miles away, industry officials said.

Karen McKay, American Thinker
On the night of 9/12/2001, my phone was ringing as I walked in the door after two days on standby at my fire department. I was an Ashburn, VA firefighter/EMT….

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Bloomberg
Cost overruns and a culture of risk aversion underscore the problems at the Pentagon.