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A private Chinese satellite firm has released satellite images of 11 F-22 Raptor fifth generation fighters at the Ovda Air Base in Israel. A total of 12 F-22s were photographed while transiting the United Kingdom, suggesting one may not have headed to Israel, or may have been in flight at the time the images were taken. Located in the very south of Israel in the southern Negev Desert, around 40 kilometres north of Eilat, the facility is most prominent for its former hosting of aggressor squadrons for training, and current hosting of Arrow anti-ballistic missile systems.

Even as modern conflicts show the vulnerabilities of traditional battlefield medical care, American medics are still relying on “analog, paper-based” triage systems to assess injured troops, according to the Defense Innovation Unit. 
The DIU, along with military medical departments, is attempting to change that.

Hinting that the White House could soon issue an official directive to compel a new surge for disclosure, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon is poised to deliver on President Donald Trump’s pledge to release U.S. government records about unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and aliens.
“We’re going to be in full compliance with that executive order, [and we’re] eager to provide that for the president. So, there’ll be more coming on that, as far as the process of what we’ll do,” Hegseth said.

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The Trump administration is grappling with the launch of the National Background Investigation Services program — a much-delayed Pentagon IT modernization initiative spanning multiple administrations that aims to improve processes for vetting government workers and contractors — and hopes to bring it across the finish line by the end of fiscal 2028.
The Defense Department has been developing NBIS since 2016, when it took ownership of the program from the Office of Personnel Management.

The Pentagon has published criteria for barracks and other unaccompanied housing that require all the military services to meet the same standards for the first time, according to the Defense Department.
The policy makes clear “zero visible mold” is the standard for all unaccompanied housing, and it establishes minimum living space requirements for all junior service members.

In 2023, Jennifer Kavanaugh and Jordan Cohen wrote, “The True Military Assistance Tradeoff is Between Israel and Taiwan,” where they argued Washington should place clear boundaries on its military aid to Israel to preserve capabilities essential to deterring China in the Indo-Pacific. Three years later, amidst heightened tensions across multiple theaters, we asked Jennifer to revisit their arguments.

The Australian Department of Defence has formalised a three-year agreement with DroneShield to strengthen counter-drone capabilities.

The Pentagon’s task force focused on defeating unmanned aerial systems announced Tuesday that its hub for military personnel to buy anti-drone technology reached initial launch.
The Defense Department billed the “Counter-UAS Marketplace” as an online platform where its personnel can purchase mission-specific anti-drone tech from a “growing catalog” of more than 1,600 items while avoiding “the lengthy contracting process typically associated with defense procurement.

Douglas Hegdahl walked freely around the infamous “Hanoi Hilton” prison camp, one of many American prisoners of war held there in 1967.
He was sweeping the courtyards during the prison guards’ afternoon “siesta.” The guards called the American sailor who fell into their laps “The Incredibly Stupid One.” They believed he could neither read nor write and could barely even see. But the “stupid” Seaman Apprentice Hegdahl was slowly collecting intelligence, gathering prisoner data, and even sabotaging the enemy.