Global for Tuesday, April 2, 2024

• US Navy ship programs face years-long delays amid labor, supply woes
• US Navy ship programs face years-long delays amid labor, supply woes
• Seeking to make F-35s ready for war, maintainers think outside the box
• Pentagon space strategy stresses need to protect commercial satellites
• With more NATO allies, will the US store arms in Europe’s High North?
• F-16s arrive at Eglin to be modified with self-flying tech
• Australia’s DefendTex in talks to buy Brazil’s missile-maker Avibras
• In Ukraine, ‘shoot-and-scoot’ tactics helping Caesars survive
• Rheinmetall to equip 22 German howitzers with parts in resupply order
• F-35A Lightning cleared to fly in lightning for first time in 4 years
• Open letter stirs debate over UK defense spending
• To reinvent itself, the US Air Force must go big on small drones
• Vampire at sea: L3Harris eyes maritime version of counter-drone system