Global for Tuesday, April 8, 2025

• Senate confirms Trump’s nominee for top Pentagon policy job
• Pentagon begins outreach to reenlist troops booted for COVID vaccine
• Space Command using experimentation to field high-need capabilities
• F/A-XX could be the Navy’s last piloted fighter, bring greater range
• US Navy unveils newest Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Iowa
• Compass Call electronic-attack plane makers eye overseas market
• Top general recommends US maintain current troop levels in Europe
• Epirus debuts high-power microwave weapon to knock out boat motors
• Hegseth opts for virtual attendance at Ukraine defense group meeting
• Back to 13-Marine squads and a new company for infantry battalions
• Top Marine’s deployment plans face familiar wrinkle: Inert Navy ships
• Intel agency expanding proliferated constellation with April launches
• Trump promises $1 trillion in defense spending for next year
• New Zealand vows to play catch-up on defense investments