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Battelle to manage $10 billion health care contract for Defense …

WEBThe Military Health System is one of America’s largest and most complex health care institutions, and the world’s preeminent military health care delivery operation.

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Taking a closer look at the health of the US Navy

WEBTaking a closer look at the health of the US Navy. By Everett Pyatt. Mar 12, 2021. Ensign Ryan Simpson looks through a pair of binoculars on the bridge wing as the …

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Modern design technique gives 60-year-old B-52s new lease on life

WEBBut with the average B-52 now 60 years old and increasingly showing its age, the bomber is getting a fresh lease on life — in the form of a new slate of F130 engines …

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‘Deterrence the American way’: The new B-21 bomber debuts

WEBThe B-21 Raider was unveiled to the public at a ceremony Dec. 2, 2022 in Palmdale, Calif. (U.S. Air Force) Air Force leaders envision the B-21 as the “backbone” …

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Here are the winners and losers in US Army’s force structure change

WEBThe Army’s current authorized force structure is 445,000 active duty soldiers, but the service was designed for 494,000. The new force structure is meant to …

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WEBTo sign up - make your selections, share your email address and click Sign Up. To edit your email newsletter subscriptions - enter your email address, click Sign Up, and you'll be …

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US Army has a ‘gigantic problem’ with logistics in the Indo-Pacific

WEBThe National Defense Strategy, released in 2022, is focused primarily on an increasingly aggressive China as that pacing threat. A series of war games will begin in …

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With new climate strategy, Army aims to prepare soldiers for …

WEBThe strategy sets up three end-state goals meant to help the Army “be a resilient and sustainable” land force. The first is to reduce by 2030 the Army’s net greenhouse gas …

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Upgraded F-35s fly with partial software as DOD hunts for delivery …

WEBTechnology Refresh 3, or TR-3, is the name for a batch of hardware and software upgrades to the newest F-35s, and include better displays, computer memory …

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A nearly $1 trillion defense budget faces headwinds at home and …

WEBSen. Roger Wicker came to a Heritage Foundation event in January with a big request. He wanted the conservative think tank’s help mustering public and …

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Marines want 31 amphibious ships. The Pentagon disagrees. Now …

WEBToday, the Navy has 31 amphibious ships — what the Marine Corps considers the bare minimum it needs — but the Pentagon plans to shrink the fleet below …

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There is more to NATO burden sharing than the 2% spending …

WEBRather than serving as a long-standing foundation of the NATO alliance, after years of serving as an unofficial benchmark, the metric that 2% of each member …

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Lockheed aeronautics chief Michele Evans has died

WEBGreg Ulmer, who leads the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, has filled in as head of Lockheed Martin’s Aeronautics unit in the interim. “Throughout her career, Michele led …

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Secrecy surrounding Sec. Austin's health raises questions in …

WEBSecrecy surrounding Sec. Austin's health raises questions in Washington Military Times Pentagon Bureau Chief Meghann Myers updates us on the fallout …

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Expand Pentagon’s Chinese investment blacklist, says new report

WEBWashington has restricted trade against more than 40 companies linked to the Chinese military, but they’re just the “tip of the iceberg,” says a new report.

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House Democrats rebuke calls to raise spending in defense bill

WEBHouse Democrats sided with the Biden administration by allocating $762 billion in the first draft of their fiscal 2023 defense spending bill the Appropriations …

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Air Force general set to lead Missile Defense Agency

WEBWASHINGTON — Air Force Maj. Gen. Heath Collins will pin on a third star and become the Missile Defense Agency’s next director, according to the Pentagon’s …

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US Air Force wants to retire all A-10s by 2029

WEBAURORA, Colorado — Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown said Tuesday the Air Force would likely retire all its A-10 Warthogs over the next five or six years. Until …

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Biden says US won’t supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah

WEBBiden, in an interview with CNN, said the U.S. was still committed to Israel’s defense and would supply Iron Dome rocket interceptors and other defensive arms, but …

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Pentagon budget aims to max munitions production, make …

WEBU.S. Army officials have said their 2024 budget will request authority to buy more munitions in bulk over multiple years as the U.S. and its allies work to refill their …

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