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USA/Afghanistan – White House, Pentagon Finalizing Plans to Get Thousands of Interpreters out of Afghanistan (Tara Copp, Jacqueline Feldscher, Defense One)

After weeks of pledges to not leave behind interpreters who have worked side by side with U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Pentagon and White House...

Black Sea – Black Sea Incident Shows Russia’s Determination to Claim Waters Illegally (Caitlin M. Kenney , Defense One)

Amid the confusion about just what happened when Russian forces fired near a Royal Navy destroyer in the Black Sea on Wednesday, it’s important to remember just what...

USA – US Troops on Base Less Likely to Seek Extremist Content Than Americans in General, Study Finds (Jacqueline Feldscher, Defense One)

The Defense Department will soon know which bases and branches have the most troops looking for domestic violent extremist content. The next step is...

Black Sea – What Really Happened in the Black Sea? A Victory for Russian Disinformation (Elisabeth Braw, Defense One)

On Wednesday, war almost broke out in the Black Sea. Or so it seemed, as news outlets, Twitter users, and state media conveyed accounts...

USA – Inhofe revives bill to target Ligado (Joe Gould, Defense News)

Legislation has returned that would force Ligado Networks to cover the cost of any GPS user harmed by potential interference related to the company’s use...

USA – Iraq AUMF repeal vote delayed until mid-July (Joe Gould, Defense News)

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans to take up a bipartisan measure to repeal the 2002 and 1991 war authorizations for Iraq in mid-July, the panel’s...

Asia Pacific – Who is the mystery buyer of Airbus C295 aircraft? (Mike Yeo, Defense News)

Airbus is selling its C295 tactical airlifter to a mystery Southeast Asian customer and is fulfilling a follow-on order for Thailand, the company announced...

USA/TechWatch – Bell V-280 Valor tech demonstrator retires from flight (Jen Judson, Defense News)

Bell’s future vertical lift technology demonstrator, the V-280 Valor tiltrotor, has finished its flying career, according to a June 24 company announcement. Bell V-280 Valor tech...

Cybersecurity – Flaws in Dell BIOSConnect feature affect 128 device models (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Flaws affecting the BIOSConnect feature of Dell Client BIOS could be exploited by a privileged attacker to execute arbitrary code at the BIOS/UEFI level...

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