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Turkey will ask parliament to let it send air defense and electronic warfare specialists to Saudi Arabia under the Mecca pact. The same day, Ankara signed a defense-industry memorandum with Qatar, Indonesia and Pakistan in Doha.
The ACLU, the National Women’s Law Center and the Service Women’s Action Network have sued the Defense Department under FOIA for records on its review of women in ground combat jobs. The study’s lead researcher wrote the contested 2015 Marine Corps study Hegseth cited in his book.
A classified Bundeswehr analysis rates the Russian sabotage threat to German troops and bases at the second-highest level for the first time, after an explosives-laden drone was found near Wunstorf air base.
OPM’s final rule ends the one-year time-in-grade requirement for General Schedule promotions on Jan. 19, 2027. Qualification standards stay, and critics warn of favoritism without new standards.
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch will not charge the Senatobia officer who fired into a car outside a Walmart in June, killing 1-year-old Kohen Wiley. His family says it still has not seen the officer’s body camera video.
SMDC’s Lt. Gen. John Rafferty says an Army air defense unit has been earmarked for Golden Dome. The bigger problem: nearly all of the shield’s $17.5 billion 2027 request sits in a reconciliation bill Congress hasn’t moved.
Seven years into Chicago’s police consent decree, the Illinois Attorney General’s Office says the city still lets CPD investigate deaths caused by its own officers and wants a multi-agency task force to take over.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met Benjamin Netanyahu at an air base in the Negev to talk about Iran. The Pentagon isn’t saying much, and the timing, eight days before Israel votes, says plenty.
The CBO says the Iran war has cost the Pentagon about $38 billion, but that total excludes damage to US bases. Five Senate Armed Services Democrats want CENTCOM’s classified estimate released by Nov. 2.
Australia’s LAND 6504 competition seeks a proven medium-range air and missile defense system, with a winner by 2027 and a test-firing at Talisman Sabre in 2029.