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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Space Development Agency is reconsidering whether or not it will further develop position, navigation and timing (PNT) capabilities as part of its mega-constellation of satellites in low-Earth orbit.
SDA was looking to build out additional PNT capacity in the Tranche 3 transport layer of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) — which will comprise hundreds of satellites providing data relay and missile warning and tracking capabilities to warfighters.

The Pentagon is looking for commercial retailers to run commissaries on military bases in the latest push to privatize troops’ quality of life.
The Department of Defense wants to see if private commercial grocery operators or investment firms are willing and able to run 178 commissaries at military bases across the U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, according to a Request For Information, or RFI, posted to Sam.gov, the federal government’s website for contract opportunities.

With more than 300 million views, 1.3 million subscribers, and 10 million+ monthly viewers, Sam Eckholm is the producer and host behind one of the most-watched aerospace and defense video series in the world. From flying with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels to surviving a week with Air Force Special Operations, his cinematic, story-driven content showcases the mission sets of the U.S. military like never before — and he’s turned that momentum into a thriving media brand and business.
What’s pretty cool is that Eckholm, a former U.S.

One of the pilots killed in a crash of an Army special operations helicopter was a former officer who gave up his commission to keep flying in the Army. The other pilot had been a helicopter mechanic in the Marines before crosstraining into the Army to fly.
Two enlisted crew chiefs who died in the crash were both in their early 20s and relatively junior flyers, with just over 700 flying hours each.

Estonian Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur argued for restraint in the airspace violation incident and provided new defence procurement plans.

The European Council has approved negotiations with the UK and Canada concerning their involvement in the SAFE defence loan instrument.

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace has won a third contract from the NDMA to supply 24 additional K9 VIDAR Self-Propelled Howitzers.

As tear gas billowed around him on Friday, Curtis Evans found himself drawing on his time as a Marine. 
“My Marine Corps training hit me. They’d gas us every year for fun, just for training, not just in boot camp, you got it later, too,” Evans told Task & Purpose over the weekend. “One of the things you learn from Marine Corps training is that it sets off all of your body’s alarms. You can’t breathe, you can’t see, it hurts, but it’s just the alarms. But boy, all of the nerves are screaming.

In 1462, the prince of a small area in Eastern Europe called Wallachia went to war with arguably the most powerful military force on the planet at the time, led by one of the greatest military minds of the time. The one thing that the prince knew for certain was that he would need an extraordinary plan to stay alive and keep his principality from being conquered.
That prince was Vlad III, also known as Vlad Drăculea (later “Dracula”). Some even called him “the Impaler” (though probably not to his face).

The Venezuelan Air Force has deployed Su-30MK2 fighter aircraft equipped with Kh-31 anti-ship missiles as part of the Sovereign Caribbean 200 exercise on La Orchila Island, which sawcombined air, sea, and land elements deploy in a significant show of force. The exercise included more than 2,500 personnel, 12 naval ships, 22 aircraft, and 20 ships, and was conducted in response to a major buildup of United States forces in the region.