Oshkosh Defense, a business of Oshkosh Corporation, has received orders worth $142m for its Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) A2 platform from customers in the US and overseas.
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Attention to orders: The commander of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing has promoted the beloved feline assigned to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, widely known as “Pizza Cat” to serve in the next higher grade of Senior Meowster Sergeant.
The cat, who earned her moniker for regularly being spotted near the on-base Pizza Hut, has a very large fanbase on social media — so much so that military officials had to issue a memo last year debunking rumors that she had been ordered to be put down.
Also known as the “Queen of the Deid,” the cat has long raised morale at the sprawling U.S.
The Pentagon launched a website this week to support a new initiative that helps servicemembers, military spouses and civilians explore jobs and career development opportunities.
The effort is part of what Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is calling Project Patriot Pipeline.
The new portal, which can be found at mypatriotcareer.mil, includes links to resources and information about national defense-related jobs, resume building, education opportunities, credentialing, career counseling, the SkillBridge program, and other topics.
Ukrainian and Norwegian leaders complain that Europe mustdevelop its own fully fledged anti-ballistic missile capability to rival the US.
After four years of fighting in Ukraine, one of the biggest surprises of the war is that Russia’s economy never collapsed fully in the way Western observers expected. Russian GDP growth even remained positive at times during the war, with factories churning out products and, of course, military production humming, while unemployment remained relatively low. But that production and that employment were a superficial gloss that hid a deeper reality of stagnation.
When is the risk of war the highest? And what should the United States be doing about it? One of the most important but underappreciated questions in international politics is how states think about the future balance of power. Countries that believe their position is improving often choose patience. Those who fear their position is deteriorating may feel pressure to act before their advantages disappear. In this episode, Ryan is joined by Dean Cheng, Mira Rapp-Hooper, and Amanda Hsiao to explore how Chinese leaders may be thinking about time, power, and Taiwan.
Summary and Key Points: Ask most people what an oil shortage looks like, and they’ll say expensive gas. They won’t say a bakery asking you to bring your own container, or a snack bag, suddenly printed in black and white. But that’s exactly what’s happening in Japan. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has choked off the crude Japan turns into naphtha — the unglamorous petroleum derivative behind nearly all plastic, from packaging to medical supplies to the inks on a candy wrapper.
The Strait of Hormuz Crisis Expands
F-22 Raptor Reverse. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
In what is a clear slap in the face to Vladimir Putin, the Ukrainians have attacked his hometown of St. Petersburg. Drones from Ukraine pounced on the city overnight on June 3, which hit some buildings and injured a handful of citizens. This was more of a symbolic strike than one that could be decisive in the war, but Putin is likely seething in frustration.
Ukraine timed the attack to cause maximum confusion in a daring raid during one of Putin’s showcase events. He was planning to hold an economic forum in St. Petersburg, and Ukraine’s strike showed that nobody is safe in Russia.
ARX Robotics has outlined a series of expansion initiatives, including the establishment of a new headquarters and production facility in Munich, Germany.
Summary and Key Points: The Avro Vulcan was designed as a bomber, but it was never defined so tightly in practice. Britain’s great delta-winged V-bomber handled like a fighter, and at 45,000 feet it humbled them — Mirages, Phantoms, Starfighters, Lightnings all climbed up to take it on, and its pilots swear not one ever beat a Vulcan in a turning fight. It had a low radar signature and countermeasures that let it slip past defenses decades before anyone used the word “stealth.