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'Soldiers' Careers Depend on It': Senators Want to Halt Army Combat Fitness Test Rollout

October 22, 2020
Spc. Efren Gandara performs leg tucks during a pilot for the Army Combat Readiness Test, a six-event assessment designed to reduce injuries and replace the current Army Physical Fitness Test. (U.S. Army) Two senators are asking other lawmakers on Capitol Hill to support a push to pause implementation of the new Army Combat Fitness Test, which they say sets unrealistic standards for some…
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Lawmakers take steps to slow down sale of F-35s to UAE

October 22, 2020
WASHINGTON— Two Senate Democrats are hoping to delay the potential sale of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to the United Arab Emirates, introducing on Oct. 20 legislation that would block the delivery of aircraft to Abu Dhabi unless the U.S. government meets certain…
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Italy’s Navy-Air Force tussle over the F-35 comes to a head

October 21, 2020
ROME — A long-running tussle between Italy’s Air Force and Navy over the F35-B jet is coming to a head as deadlines approach for deciding who gets the next aircraft to roll off the production line and where it will be based. Italy’s planned order for 30 of the short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing aircraft is to be split by the services, with each receiving 15, in addition to the 60 F35-As…
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Lockheed sees earnings growth in space business

October 21, 2020
WASHINGTON ― Space emerged as Lockheed Martin’s business area with the highest growth, driven by hypersonic weapons programs and an anticipated next-generation interceptor award, CEO James Taiclet said Tuesday on the company’s third-quarter earnings call. Though…
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The US Navy’s stealth destroyer conducts its first missile test

October 20, 2020
WASHINGTON – The Navy’s first stealth destroyer, USS Zumwalt, test fired an SM-2 missile out of its MK 57 vertical launch system Oct. 13, the Navy announced Monday afternoon. The test, which took place on the Naval Air Weapons Center Weapons Division Sea Test Range, near Point Mugu, California, was a first for the hull. Zumwalt was delivered to the fleet earlier this year almost four years…
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Turkey reportedly test-fires S-400 air defense system

October 16, 2020
ANKARA, Turkey — NATO member Turkey has tested its Russian-made S-400 air defense system, Turkish media reported Friday, raising the specter of a new standoff with the United States. The television channel A Haber, which is close to the government, said on its website that Turkey’s military test-fired the Russian S-400 in the Black Sea province of Sinop. It based its reports on an amateur…
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