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• Ospreys won’t return to full flight operations until 2026

  30-04-2025 23:30 via defenseone.com
  The U.S. military’s fleet of V-22 Ospreys won’t be able to fly without restrictions until 2026—about a year later than originally planned—as officials work to upgrade flawed gearboxes that have caused several mishaps.The military put limitations on Osprey flights after a crash killed eight airmen off the coast of Japan in December 2023. An investigation into the crash found that the aircraft's prop-rotor gearbox, which allows the aircraft to shift between helicopter and a
  
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• America’s response to measles is eroding its ability to deter biological attacks

  30-04-2025 20:53 via defenseone.com
  
  When Texas health officials announced the third measles death in early April, the message also raised a sobering reality––the outbreak has now claimed the same number of U.S. lives in just over 10 weeks as in the previous 24 years combined. It has shown no signs of slowing down since beginning in late January, and has now spread to 25 states with nearly 900 confirmed cases as of April 25.Public health experts have already begun sounding the alarm on extensive and troubling failures i
  
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• ‘Just wait’ to see how CISA reforms play out, DHS head tells cyber community

  30-04-2025 20:00 via defenseone.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday that her cuts to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, plus other yet-to-be-announced reforms, will eventually strengthen the nation's lead cyber defense organization.“I know the press has covered the role of Homeland Security and what we have done in CISA — as far as some of the reforms and efficiencies and some of the initiatives and task forces and advisory councils that were
  
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• The D Brief: Army reorg coming?; F-15s get boost; Marines’ cargo-drone plans; DARPA’s next AI-cyber contest; And a bit more.

  30-04-2025 17:11 via defenseone.com
  
  Army to cut generals, PEOs, commands? Service leaders are reportedly weighing a proposal to reduce the number of generals and program executive offices, and even to merge Army Futures Command with Training and Doctrine Command. That’s from Breaking Defense, which says “two sources in industry have seen a document laying the plan out, while another three have heard details that match the document.”Trimming the Army’s top ranks has been on Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George&r
  
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• Pentagon warns it’s not prepared for homeland drone attack

  30-04-2025 11:29 via defenseone.com
  
  Citing the hundreds of drones that flew around military sites last year, defense officials warn that the Pentagon is still unprepared to defend its installations—but say a new standard operating procedure, and expanded authorities, could help.“Mass drone incursions over Joint Base Langley-Eustis in December 2023 reminded us that the homeland is no longer a sanctuary, and should our adversary choose to employ drones for surveillance or even attack, we would not be prepared to adequate
  
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• How cargo drones could reshape Marine Corps resupply

  30-04-2025 02:15 via defenseone.com
  The Marine Corps is looking for medium-sized cargo drones to handle supply missions across the far-flung islands of the Pacific. One company hopes its acquisition of a drone from an uncrewed-logistics pioneer will put it in the running.On Tuesday, Piasecki announced it had acquired Kaman Air Vehicles’ KARGO program, a medium-lift drone that fits in a standard trailer and can lift a 500-pound payload for long distances, or a 1,000 pound payload for short missions of about 100 nautical miles
  
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