Global for Wednesday, May 8, 2024

• Senate defense panel faces uphill battle in ditching debt ceiling caps
• Congress should approve Pentagon’s latest multiyear procurement pitch
• Airbus acquires small drone maker Aerovel, eyes Replicator business
• SEALs want loitering munitions aboard insert/extract patrol boats
• Submarine delays push SEALs to find new underwater approaches
• Special operators set to pick light machine gun in new caliber
• Live-fire training suspended for Special Forces after range incident
• Little Bird helicopter replacement in question after Army cancels FARA
• NATO drone surveillance hours surge amid growing appetite for intel
• Budget strain pauses MC-130J amphibious project for special forces
• The power of relationships and partnerships forged by special ops
• French-German tank project company is closed to partners for now