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• Navy explores beard options, and military mammals at work | Defense News Weekly Full Episode, 3.9.24

  Could the Navy allow more sailors to wear beards for religious and other purposes? Plus, a look at the Navy’s marine mammal program, and a B-52 tire shop.

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  Staff

  3 years ago

• How do week-to-week federal budgets affect the military?

  Since Congress has resorted to passing short-term bills to fund the government, ripple effects have been being felt in the military. We look at some of the impa

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  Staff

  3 years ago

• Inside the Navy’s marine mammal program

  A look at the Navy’s Marine Mammal Program, now in its 65th year of training dolphins and other animals to perform underwater tasks, and study their behavior.

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  Staff

  3 years ago

• Stratolaunch conducts first powered flight of new hypersonic vehicle

  The company’s Talon-A-1 vehicle “reached high supersonic speeds approaching Mach 5″ CEO Zachary Krevor said.

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  John Antczak

  3 years ago

• Software revamp aims to align US Army with industry best practices

  “More than ever before, software is actually a national-security imperative,” said Margaret Boatner, an Army strategy and acquisition executive.

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  Colin Demarest

  3 years ago

• France prepares for space wars in ‘AsterX’ European exercise

  Participants from France and 15 partner countries trained for everything from jammed space communications to hostile satellites.

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  Rudy Ruitenberg

  3 years ago

• Pentagon report: no sign of alien life in decades of UFO sightings

  The Pentagon’s latest UFO report revealed no evidence of aliens or extraterrestrial life.

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  Eric Tucker, The Associated Press

  3 years ago

• To achieve Replicator, the Pentagon should mirror Unmanned Task Force

  Disruptive innovation inside any large organization is extremely hard. Few organizations have shown they can sustain disruptive innovation over time.

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  Jason Stack

  3 years ago

• NATO navigates fine line between transparency, information security

  A core theme of the speeches presented by NATO representatives revolved around transparency. Yet many were wary of answering questions related to Russia.

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  Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo

  3 years ago

• Central Command’s Kurilla eyes drone-countering lasers for Middle East

  At least 31 directed-energy initiatives are underway across the U.S. Department of Defense. Some are more mature than others.

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  Colin Demarest

  3 years ago

• Space Force eyes expanded network of ‘neighborhood watch’ satellites

  Space Systems Command, the service’s acquisition arm, is in the early phases of planning for the capability.

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  Courtney Albon

  3 years ago

• Inside Chinese hacking company’s culture of influence, alcohol and sex

  Hackers such as those at China’s I-Soon outnumber FBI cybersecurity staff by “at least 50 to one,” FBI director Christopher Wray has said.

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  Dake Kang and Zen Soo

  3 years ago