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Retired Army Officer Pleads Guilty to Leaking Top-Secret Ukraine War Intel on Dating Site

David Slater, a retired US Army officer working as a civilian at Offutt Air Force Base, pleaded guilty to conspiring to transmit classified intelligence on Russia's war against Ukraine via a foreign dating site. Sentencing is set for October 8, with prosecutors recommending six to seven years in prison.

2025-07-14T10:21:29.993110-07:00

Associated Press

Iranian Ballistic Missile Hits US Secure Communications Dome at Al Udeid Air Base

2025-07-11T01:20:30.674054-07:00

Space.com

NASA, DoD Rehearse Artemis 2 Abort Recovery Procedures

2025-06-19T09:03:01.317578-07:00

The War Zone

B-2 Spirits Execute 37-Hour Global Strike on Iran’s Nuclear Sites with GBU-57 MOPs

2025-06-22T09:24:39.131433-07:00

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dronelife.com

Pentagon Shifts Blue sUAS Program to DCMA to Accelerate Drone Procurement The Pentagon has handed its Blue sUAS acquisition program to the Defense Contract Management Agency and introduced third-party testing, aiming to break the current bottleneck in small drone procurement and expand the pool of suppliers vying for military UAS contracts.

2025-07-15T09:25:31.139957-07:00

Pentagon Shifts Blue sUAS Program to DCMA to Accelerate Drone Procurement

Stars and Stripes

USS Carl Vinson Departs Middle East; USS Nimitz Takes Over as Houthi Threat Escalates The US Navy’s carrier USS Carl Vinson has exited the Middle East, handing regional oversight to USS Nimitz amid a simultaneous drawdown of naval assets in the eastern Mediterranean. The shift comes as Houthi militants intensify drone and missile attacks on commercial and military vessels in the Red Sea.

2025-07-15T09:00:35.196975-07:00

USS Carl Vinson Departs Middle East; USS Nimitz Takes Over as Houthi Threat Escalates

Axios

Pentagon Pulls Out of Aspen Security Forum Citing Globalism Concerns The Pentagon has abruptly withdrawn from this year’s Aspen Security Forum, ending a long-standing bipartisan presence at the event. Officials cited criticism of the forum’s perceived globalist agenda, signaling heightened political scrutiny of defense department engagements with policy gatherings.

2025-07-14T16:28:13.054773-07:00

Pentagon Pulls Out of Aspen Security Forum Citing Globalism Concerns

Associated Press

Retired Army Officer Pleads Guilty to Leaking Top-Secret Ukraine War Intel on Dating Site David Slater, a retired US Army officer working as a civilian at Offutt Air Force Base, pleaded guilty to conspiring to transmit classified intelligence on Russia's war against Ukraine via a foreign dating site. Sentencing is set for October 8, with prosecutors recommending six to seven years in prison.

2025-07-14T10:21:29.993110-07:00

Retired Army Officer Pleads Guilty to Leaking Top-Secret Ukraine War Intel on Dating Site

Aviation Week

MDA Drops Space-based Kill Assessment from FY2026 Budget The Missile Defense Agency has removed the Space-based Kill Assessment (SKA) demonstration from its FY2026 budget request, shifting resources to higher-priority missile defense programs across the Pentagon. The cancellation pauses a planned test of satellite-based intercept discrimination and kill evaluation capabilities.

2025-07-14T01:33:27.657323-07:00

MDA Drops Space-based Kill Assessment from FY2026 Budget

Air & Space Forces Mag

USAF Kicks Off B-52 Bomber Task Force to Guam Amid Pacific Exercises The U.S. Air Force has kicked off a rotational B-52 bomber task force deployment to Guam, integrating heavy bombers into a broad Pacific exercise. The movement underscores Washington’s focus on projecting long-range strike power and enhancing regional deterrence in the Indo-Pacific theater.

2025-07-11T14:22:05.782454-07:00

USAF Kicks Off B-52 Bomber Task Force to Guam Amid Pacific Exercises

The War Zone

Congress Bars Pentagon From Canceling E-7 Wedgetail AEW&C Buy Congress has approved language in the National Defense Authorization Act to prohibit the Pentagon from cancelling its planned purchase of 26 Boeing E-7A Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft. The decision overrides Defense Department efforts to reallocate funding for extra Navy E-2D Hawkeyes and emerging satellite sensor capabilities.

2025-07-11T13:59:09.657334-07:00

Congress Bars Pentagon From Canceling E-7 Wedgetail AEW&C Buy

Washington Examiner

Trump May Shift U.S. Space Command HQ from Colorado Springs to Alabama A year-long tug-of-war over the permanent home of U.S. Space Command, now based in Peterson SFB in Colorado Springs, could soon shift to Alabama after President Trump hinted he might reverse the decision by executive order, reflecting his stronger political backing in the latter state.

2025-07-11T11:29:25.203546-07:00

Trump May Shift U.S. Space Command HQ from Colorado Springs to Alabama

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