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AM General have said that they will continue to produce HUMVEEs and JLTV A2s until they have clarified the DoD’s rejection of the vehicles.

Relations between the neighbouring nuclear states are at a low ebb, amid missile strikes and a risk of large-scale conflict.

A picture shared by U.S. Army WTF! Moments social media shows an inmate at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks on Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, being recaptured after a failed escape attempt, Task & Purpose has confirmed.
The picture shows the inmate entangled in concertina wire atop a fence as two soldiers try to help him down.
A total of two inmates were injured in the April 29 escape attempt, which was foiled by correctional specialists from Fort Leavenworth’s Corrections Brigade, said Lt. Col. Bryen Freigo, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth.

L3Harris has secured several contracts that are projected to reach a total of $214m as part of Germany’s Digitalization – Land Based Operations (D-LBO) initiative.

US Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington has sought clarification on the potential national security implications that could arise if certain spectrum bands, crucial for defence operations, are put up for sale as part of reconciliation bill.

An airborne soldier was recently recognized for fighting off an active shooter in North Carolina and saving a gunshot victim’s life in June 2023.
Sgt. Brian R. Lieberman received the Soldier’s Medal, which is the highest non-combat award given to soldiers for voluntarily risking their lives in order to aid or protect another person. Indeed, the criteria for the award stresses that it cannot be given “solely on the basis of saving a life,” or being a “good Samaritan.

BAE Systems issued a market update ahead of its AGM in which it says it does not expect to be materially impacted by US tariffs.

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Democratic lawmakers are asking Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to share plans for cuts to civilian faculty members at the military academies and war colleges.
The May 1 letter signed by 14 Democratic representatives asked for Hegseth to provide the timeline and scale of cuts to the institutions and the metrics used to justify the changes.
The letter drew on Gazette reporting highlighting the coming cuts to civilian faculty and staff at the Air Force Academy and it could hurt technical majors.

Anduril’s Menace family of compute capabilities is now the preferred hardware solution for Palantir’s forward-deployed Edge software, the vendors announced Wednesday.
This partnership between the two contractors will allow military operators to have a software-defined solution built to deploy fast and operate anywhere with Palantir’s stack running natively on Menace systems.
Menace is described as is a family of fully integrated, turnkey command, control, communications and computing capabilities for users at the tactical edge and on the move.

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The German military recognized that subordinates’ ability to exercise initiative—guided by commander’s intent—is critical to success in combat