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Israel casts doubt on Hezbollah’s ceasefire and launches more airstrikes

The Wall Street Journal

Israel carried out further attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged troops to continue fighting in full force, casting doubt on diplomatic efforts to reach a ceasefire and prevent a possible Israeli ground invasion. The Israeli military said it had struck around 220 targets since late September 25 in the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon and the south of the country – both areas where the militant group has a strong presence – including weapons caches, launchers and Militants.

US intelligence emphasizes the risks of authorizing long-range strikes by Ukraine

The New York Times

U.S. intelligence agencies believe Russia is likely to retaliate with greater severity and potentially deadly attacks against the U.S. and its coalition partners if they allow the Ukrainians to use long-range missiles supplied by the U.S., Britain and France, U.S. officials said. These are attacks deep inside Russia.

“I Don’t See It”: Before their CCA drones even take to the air, Anduril and General Atomics exchange shots

Break defense

On the exhibition floor of the Air Force’s largest conference last week, two full-size models of next-generation combat drones competed amid a maze of defense contractor booths, drawing crowds including the Air Force chief. On the one hand, the Fury, built by defense technology startup Anduril. On the other hand, a variant of the Gambit family of drones built by General Atomics, a pioneer in the unmanned systems industry.

Military recruitment is recovering after several difficult years, but challenges remain

The Associated Press

After several very difficult years and a series of new programs and incentives, the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Space Force will all meet their recruiting goals by the end of this month and the Navy will come very close to that goal, the military services say.

The head of Space Command calls for better domain intelligence tools by 2027

Defense News

To protect against threats from Russia and China, the U.S. Space Command needs more advanced tools to track what’s happening in space, as well as satellites that can move freely in space by 2027, according to its commander, Gen. Stephen Whiting.

Congress rejects the Air Force’s request for a second C-40 VIP transport aircraft

Break defense

Lawmakers have rejected an Air Force request to acquire a second C-40 aircraft, Breaking Defense recently learned. In addition to calling for a C-40 aircraft in the FY2025 budget proposal, the Air Force also asked Congress to reallocate FY24 funding to purchase a second aircraft, the service confirmed to Breaking Defense.

The third flight test of the Navy XQ-58 Valkyrie uses Link 16 for controls

The war zone

The US Marine Corps says it has demonstrated new capabilities for the use of future drones with a high level of autonomy in expeditionary operations with another test flight of one of its stealth XQ-58 Valkyries. The test focused on newly added features that leverage the popular Link 16 network.

Space Force welcomes progress in missile warning satellite program

SpaceNews

With an increasing focus on low-Earth orbit satellites, the U.S. Space Force is making progress on a more traditional space-based capability: large missile warning satellites. The Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) program, estimated to cost $14 billion, is now one of the Space Force’s most expensive satellite acquisition efforts.

AUKUS is open to enabling new technology options via Pillar 2

DefenseScoop

The AUKUS alliance is open to further expanding its Pillar 2 capability areas to include additional new technology categories for strategic acceleration, two senior defense officials told DefenseScoop. The news comes as defense leaders from the US, UK and Australia gathered in London to take part in the third official ministerial meetings of the trilateral security partnership since its launch in 2021.

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Air Force brings industry into C3BM/ABMS experiments

Interior defense

The Air Force engages industry in command, control, communications and battle management experiments to help current or potential contractors understand the operational requirements of the warfighter. The next exercise in which companies can participate will focus on dynamic targeting and kill chain automation for the Advanced Battle Management System, which is the Air Force’s contribution to Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control, according to an announcement for the industry day in December represents.

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Netherlands declares F-35 fully operational while F-16 withdrawn

Aviation Week

The Netherlands has declared full operational capability with its Lockheed Martin F-35A Joint Strike Fighters as the country prepares for the impending retirement of the long-standing F-16.

One more thing

Did a US F-22 shoot down a UFO? Photo of an air object adds to the mystery

Luftwaffe times

Do you remember February 2023? It was a wild time. There were cocaine-soaked bears, mushroom zombies, and air force fighters shooting sketchy inflatable objects out of the sky left and right. This month began with a Chinese balloon floating over much of the contiguous United States, causing a stir. That was before it was actually blown up, as the terminology goes, by an F-22 off the coast of South Carolina. Soon after, U.S. pilots shot down three more mysterious objects in as many days over Alaska, Canada’s Yukon Territory and Lake Huron. None of these later objects were ever recovered, with the official statement saying they were probably hobby or research balloons. But now there’s a grainy image – it’s always a grainy image, isn’t it? – of the object shot down over the Yukon has emerged, and it gives off a distinct “I want to believe” vibe.

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