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The Air Force’s new PT uniform is coming soon – again.
First unveiled in early 2021, the service’s new PT gear is now expected to arrive at Army & Air Force Exchange Service, or AAFES stores, within the continental United States starting in November, an Air Force spokesperson told Task & Purpose.
Some optional PT uniform items including the long-sleeve shirt and sweatshirt are currently still in development and will be available to airmen later, the spokesperson said.
The Air Force has been providing the PT uniforms to airmen in Basic Military Training since July, the spokesperson said.

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Since 2020, a number of African governments have distanced themselves from the United States and its allies while deepening ties with Russia and its Wagner Group mercenaries. Moscow has ramped up its security, diplomatic, economic, and information influence efforts across Africa. Several Western African nations have stood out in the extent of their tilt toward the Putin regime. In the wake of military coups in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Chad, newly empowered military juntas have ordered U.S.

The house of Lords have issued a stark warning over the state of UK and European defence following lessons from Ukraine.

The Missile Defense Agency has picked Northrop Grumman as the sole contractor to continue development for the Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) program, an effort to field an advanced missile that can destroy enemy hypersonic weapons.
The GPI program looks to develop a system that can intercept and defeat incoming hypersonics while they are flying through the edges of the Earth’s atmosphere, also known as the glide phase. The missiles will be fired from Aegis-equipped U.S. Navy destroyers and the Aegis Ashore system.
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Tom Skerritt turned 91 on August 25, 2024, and continues acting in films and TV. He has over 170 credits in all mediums including video games including many Oscar-winning films. You will most likely know him from Alien, Top Gun, M*A*S*H, Contact, A River Runs Through It, Tears of the Sun, The Dead Zone, Steel Magnolias, Picket Fences and Cheers. He has shared the screen with stars including Tom Cruise, Sigourney Weaver, Clint Eastwood, Jodie Foster, Bruce Willis, Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Raquel Welch, Burt Reynolds, Matthew McConaughey, Nancy Allen, Elliott Gould and Robert Duvall.

ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will meet with his British and Australian counterparts in London this week, where they’ll set the path ahead for the AUKUS trilateral security partnership.
During those engagements — the bulk of which are set for Thursday — the secretary aims to discuss new plans to more deeply intertwine the nations’ innovation systems over the next two years to ultimately accelerate emerging technologies that will likely be needed in future fights, according to a U.S. defense official.

On April 19, 2022, the U.S. Army awarded SIG Sauer a $20.4M-contract for the Next Generation Squad Weapon. Under the contract, SIG is supplying the Army with the new XM7 rifle and XM250 automatic rifle, both chambered in the new 6.8x51mm hybrid cartridge. The weapons were issued to infantry units including the 101st Airborne Division and received resounding praise. Or did they? On the surface, military public affairs releases and news outlets that cited them shared quotes from soldiers who were impressed with the weapon’s performance.

The Marines are searching for a high-performance computer that could be deployed on MQ-9 Reaper drones with authorization to operate at the top secret/sensitive compartmented information (TS/SCI) level.
The release of a sources-sought notice Wednesday is the latest signal by the service that it wants to enhance the capabilities of the largest drone in its arsenal.

This is part two of a two-part series exploring how the Air Force is looking to modernize and reinvigorate electronic warfare within its capability portfolio. Part one can be found here.
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The new commander of the Air Force’s electronic reprogramming wing wants his personnel to be able to send fixes back to operational forces less than three hours after problems are discovered.