Global for Wednesday, May 1, 2024

• Space acquisitions chief wants more authority to blacklist contractors
• Marine Corps eyeing more recon boats from Australian ‘Whiskey Project’
• V-22 Osprey could see second life, with new drive system, wings in 2050s
• New tech aims to make Marines more lethal shooters
• How the Marine Corps’ barracks got to be so bad, according to 2 generals
• Marines test mixed reality ‘telemaintenance’ for battlefield repairs
• Emirati F-35 prospects languish amid high-stakes Chinese, US courting
• Marines’ tech chief unveils latest network, command-and-control effort
• Lebanon’s military stagnates amid economic turmoil, Hezbollah influence
• House lawmakers denounce Pentagon’s planned drop in submarine orders
• Biden’s FY25 budget cuts missile defense when we need it more than ever
• Navy pauses T-45C Goshawk fleet operations after ‘engine malfunction’