Global for Friday, February 23, 2024

• Marines pass full financial audit, a first for any US military branch
• Sub Boise will begin its overhaul nine years late, with $1.2B contract
• Italian parliament OKs frigate, Leopard tank deals
• Space Force’s fixed-price push includes some exceptions, Calvelli says
• ‘Already late’: Pentagon sounds alarm on funding Pacific island pact
• Embraer sees strong demand for C-390 Millennium airlifter in Asia
• Europeans are building a war economy. Can they master it?
• US Navy orders Swiftships to stop work on its landing craft program
• Pentagon AI office must ‘cannibalize’ to keep operating, Martell says
• Too little, too late? Ukraine’s backers lose ground in the ammo race
• US, South Korea practice missile intercepts after North Korean tests
• Comparing Russian, Ukrainian forces two years into war
• Britain promises Ukraine more Brimstone missiles, training