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The Army has identified the soldier who died on Friday during a training incident on the rifle range at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. 
Pvt. Andrey Okunev, an 18-year-old National Guardsman assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 48th Infantry Regiment, suffered a “fatal injury” while training on the range on Sept. 5. Medical personnel from General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital tended to the soldier, who was pronounced dead at 10:33 a.m. No others were injured. 
“We are deeply saddened and truly heartbroken by the loss of Pvt.

Hanwha Aerospace has signed a MoU with the Polish Military Institute of Armament Technology (WITU) to cooperate on ammunition technology.

A study by BAE Systems indicated a trend among defence and aerospace leaders, with 82% identifying AI as central to their digital strategies.

The DSEI trade exhibition will be a source of ire and aspiration from differing sides of the defence divide this week.

Author’s note: In Part 1 of this series, Zach Beecher (Partner at Scout Ventures) and I endorsed Sen. Joni Ernst and Rep. Roger Williams for introducing the INNOVATE Act to reimagine the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. In Part 2, I examine the underbelly of those few loud and well-funded critics fixated on keeping SBIR/STTR stuck in the past.
The INNOVATE Act is an opportunity to expand participation for emerging companies and recognize merit through strategic breakthrough awards to propel companies to commercialization.

BrDef
An Anduril-Meta teamup will go up against a new firm called Rivet to develop a next-gen heads up display system for the U.S. Army.

Albon, DNews
The U.S.

Dylan Malyasov, Defence Blog
The U.S.

A&SF
To get the Air Force back to the level of dominance it possessed during the Cold War will cost tens of billions of dollars a year

Andy Kessler, The Wall Street Journal
Let’s avoid euphemism and give every agency of government an honest name.