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Climate change taking a toll on U.S. military bases in the strategic Arctic, report finds

A new report from the Defense Department’s inspector general offers a rare bit of public stock-taking of the military’s state of readiness for a warming Earth.

Chicago Sun-Times

Climate toll on Arctic bases: Sunken runways, damaged roads

The Pentagon's inspector general's office says U.S. military bases in the Arctic and sub-Arctic are failing to prepare their installations for future climate change as required

The Independent UK

Editorial: Senate decorum falls by the wayside to set the record straight on Josh Hawley

An extraordinary thing happened last week on the floor of the U.S. Senate. A Democratic senator from Hawaii, about as far as you can get from Missouri, dispensed with decorum and launched into a withering attack on Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo. Floor speeches typically are reserved for the debate of…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Senator urges Democrats to ‘scream from the rooftops’ against Republicans

Brian Schatz from Hawaii, who denounced Josh Hawley on the Senate floor over Ukraine, tells own side to make more noise

The Guardian - US

Why CrowdStrike Stock Is Trading Higher

CrowdStrike Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: CRWD) shares are trading higher Friday morning after the company announced it received a Provisional Authorization to Operate at Impact Level 4 to protect critical U.S. Department of Defense assets.

Benzinga

SC GOP candidate Katie Arrington sues Defense Department, wants records to clear name

CHARLESTON, S.C. — South Carolina Republican congressional candidate Katie Arrington wants the Department of Defense to hand over all public records that discuss the suspension of her security clearance so that she can "expose the misconduct and inappropriate actions" taken by the federal agency where she previously worked.

Tribune News Service

Northrop Grumman, AT&T Partner To Power 5G-Enabled Defense Capabilities

Northrop Grumman Corp (NYSE:NOC) and AT&T Inc (NYSE:T) have agreed to collaborate to research and develop a digital battle network powered by AT&T 5G and Northrop Grumman's advanced mission systems, to support the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The collaboration plans to deliver a cost-effective, scalable, open-architecture solution that will help the DoD connect distributed…

Benzinga

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US Air Force Awards Redwire Position On $950M IDIQ Contract

Redwire Corp (NYSE:RDW) has been selected by the U.S. Air Force to compete for task orders alongside several other companies under an IDIQ contract to support its Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS). This program is the Air Force’s contribution to the Department of Defense’s Joint All Domain Command and Control Architecture (JADC2) and…

Benzinga

Lockheed Martin, Intel To Advance 5G-Ready Communications For US, Allied Defense Systems

Lockheed Martin Corp (NYSE:LMT) and Intel Corp (NASDAQ:INTC) established a collaboration to advance 5G-ready communications for the U.S. A memorandum of understanding was signed in late 2021 to expand the ongoing strategic relationship to align 5G-enabled hardware and software solutions for the Department of Defense (DOD). Intel's 5G solutions are integrated into Lockheed Martin's 5G.MIL…

Benzinga

Pentagon Repatriates Algerian Detainee from Guantanamo

After over 20 years, the US Department of Defense announced the repatriation of Algerian detainee Sufiyan Barhoumi from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to his home country. The release of Barhoumi, who was accused of training al-Qaeda terrorists, seeks to close the Guantanamo Bay facility. The Pentagon said in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pentagon Report: US Military Could Have Done More To Prevent Civilian Harm In Raqqa

The US military could have done more to reduce civilian harm during the battle to liberate Syria’s Raqqa city from ISIS from June till October 2017, according to a report requested by the US Department of Defense (DOD). The report, prepared by RAND researchers, studies the causes of civilian harm…

Asharq Al-Awsat

U.S. to provide additional $300 million in security assistance to Ukraine

The U.S. Department of Defense will provide an additional $300 million in security assistance to Ukraine, to include laser-guided rocket systems, drones, and commercial satellite imagery services.

Reuters

Microsoft Stock Marches Higher Over Last Month: What's Going On?

Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) shares are trading slightly lower Friday morning. The stock was up about 7% during the month of March. Here's a look at what happened.

Benzinga

Department Of Defense Delays Cloud Computing Contract: What You Need To Know

The Department of Defense has reportedly delayed the joint cloud computing contract decision.

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Pentagon delays cloud computing contract to December -official

The Pentagon delayed its decision to award an enterprise-wide Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) contract that could be valued as much as $9 billion to December from April, the Pentagon's chief information officer said on Tuesday.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: How to lead with diplomacy, and not just in Ukraine

President Joe Biden and his top foreign policy advisers have demonstrated how effective diplomacy can be in a crisis. They have worked tirelessly to build a powerful, coordinated response to Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. Though this has not yet ended the war, it has greatly increased the cost to…

Benzinga

Alpine 4's Subsidiary Vayu Aerospace Inks Drone Sales Agreement With ENSCO

Alpine 4 Holdings Inc (NASDAQ ALPP) subsidiary, Vayu Aerospace Corporation, and ENSCO have entered into a procurement agreement to acquire the US-1 drone for its operations in the U.S. Deal terms were not disclosed. Vayu has developed use case applications for the Department of Defense, Homeland Security, Border Patrol, and several industrial sectors,…

The Conversation

How fairy tales shape fighting spirit: Ukraine's children hear bedtime stories of underdog heroes, while Russian children hear tales of magical success

At the outset of Russia’s invasion, almost no one in the West expected that Ukraine would be able to offer Russia any kind of serious opposition to its unprovoked aggression.

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U.S. Republicans want higher defense spending, citing Ukraine and China

A group of 40 U.S. Republican members of the Senate and House of Representatives Armed Services Committees urged President Joe Biden to include a 5% increase above inflation for defense spending in his proposal for the fiscal 2023 U.S. budget.

Benzinga

US DoD Selects Vectrus For Development Of 5G Smart Warehouse

Vectrus Inc (NYSE:VEC) has been selected by the Department of Defense to complete the final phases of application development for a 5G Smart Warehouse at Naval Base Coronado (NBC). The NBC 5G Smart Warehouse Assessment Team conducted a down select during Phase 1, comparing application solutions from three companies, including Vectrus. Vectrus successfully…

Benzinga

Immunoprecise, Elektrofi To Pursue Low-Volume Injectable Formulation Of IPA's COVID-19 Antibody Cocktail

Elektrofi and Immunoprecise Antibodies Ltd (NASDAQ:IPA) have collaborated to explore a high-concentration formulation of IPA's COVID-19 antibody cocktail, PolyTope TATX-03. The collaboration aims to generate an IND-enabling data package for the FDA for an alternatively formulated version of TATX-03, named TATX-03E, that could be easily self-administered in a non-healthcare setting. The parties anticipate formulating TATX-03E…

Benzinga

Yellow Agrees To Pay $6.8M To US DOD For Civil Litigation Settlement

Yellow Corp (NASDAQ:YELL) reached an agreement with the U.S. government, settling 13-year-old civil litigation with the Department of Defense (DOD). The company will make a cash payment of $6.8 million as part of the settlement agreement. The civil litigation was related to credits for the reweigh of certain freight shipments between 2005…

Reason

Fifth Circuit Refuses to Let Navy Enforce Vaccination Rules Against Religious Objectors

From U.S. Navy Seals 1-26 v. Biden, decided yesterday by the Fifth Circuit (by Judges Edith Jones, Kyle Duncan, and Kurt Engelhardt): The district court preliminarily enjoined the Department of Defense … from enforcing certain COVID-19 vaccination requirements against 35 Navy special warfare personnel and prohibited any adverse actions based…

Los Angeles Times

Capitol Police request National Guard as trucker convoy expected for State of the Union

WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense is considering a request from U.S. Capitol Police and the Washington, D.C., government to have the National Guard help respond to an expected truck convoy aimed at disrupting traffic around the Capitol ahead of the March 1 State of the Union.

Chicago Sun-Times

Wandering chicken taken into custody at Pentagon security area

The loose hen was found near the U.S. Department of Defense headquarters.

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