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Germany, Slovakia work to extend repair hub for Ukraine beyond 2024

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Negotiations are underway between the German and Slovak governments to extend the lease of a KNDS repair hub in Slovakia for German- and French-made combat vehicles damaged in Ukraine, according to the manufacturer. In 2022, the Franco-German...
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France turns to AI for signals analysis in underwater acoustics war

PARIS — The French Navy is turning to artificial intelligence to help its submariners detect enemy vessels in a growing sea of underwater sounds. The Navy’s acoustic recognition and interpretation center CIRA in Toulon is working with French startup Preligens on...
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House passes bill to undo Biden’s partial Israel weapons hold

The House on Thursday passed 224-187 a bill aimed at forcing President Joe Biden to reverse his recent hold on a shipment of some 3,500 air-to-ground munitions for Israel. Biden withheld the munitions transfer, which includes 2,000- and 500-pound bombs, in April in...
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Lockheed running out of parking space amid F-35 delays, says watchdog

Lockheed Martin is running out of space to store undelivered F-35 Joint Strike Fighters as the jets’ upgrade effort remains behind schedule, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a report released Thursday. Furthermore, the F-35 program’s testing capacity...
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