Washington Post
• Tara Copp
The USS George H.W. Bush strike group is nearing the Middle East, underscoring a watched U.S. naval posture as President Trump demands progress in peace negotiations with Tehran. The deployment follows a broader build-up that officials described as aimed at sustaining operations and logistics, not escalation.
DefenseNews.com
• Valerie Insinna
By DefenseNews.com: Boeing says it is trying to "minimize this suspension's impact on the company's ability to deliver and support its defense and space programs.".
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• Mike Yeo
By DefenseNews.com: Defense News has been given access to several images of different F-16D Block 52 Fighting Falcons in service with the Republic of Singapore Air Force, revealing the aircraft are equipped with Elbit Condor 2 Long Range Oblique Photography systems on their centerline station.
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• Nick Lee-Frampton
By DefenseNews.com: The planes will replace the military's existing fleet of Hercules, all of which are more than 50 years old and have been involved in a series of embarrassing breakdowns over recent years.
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• Valerie Insinna
By DefenseNews.com: Two demonstrations of a new "palletized munitions" concept have shown promise, an Air Force general said.
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• Valerie Insinna
By DefenseNews.com: It's take two as the service reaches out to industry for more info on technologies for building a new combat drone.
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• Joe Gould
By DefenseNews.com: Lorenzo Guerini said he “confirmed that the program would continue,” after calls from Italy’s Five Star party to halt F-35 purchases for a year to pay for a coronavirus rebound.
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• Nathan Strout
By DefenseNews.com: However, Air Force officials note that they have requested $3.3 billion to spend on ABMS over the next five years in the president's fiscal 2021 budget request.
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• Joe Gould, Leo Shane III, Valerie Insinna
Breaking Defense
• Michael Marrow
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• Valerie Insinna
