An F-35 undergoes assembly at the Lockheed Martin factory in Fort Worth, Texas. (Lockheed Martin photo) WASHINGTON — Months after defense giant Lockheed Martin took the extraordinary step of suing its supplier Howmet Aerospace over a dispute concerning the supply of titanium for the F-35, the two parties have quietly settled the case, according to…
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Election Integrity Crisis: Alex Soros Continues His Swing State Tour Meeting With Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer
Alex Soros, the son of George Soros, continued his election swing state tour on Thursday, meeting with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. The Soros family has been heavily funding Elissa Slotkin, a Michigan congress member running for the open Michigan United States Senate seat. Loomer Unleashed recently highlighted that Alex Soros also met with Governor Josh…
New details emerge of Russia’s potential nuclear space weapon
A view of the U.S. Starfish Prime high-altitude nuclear test taken at Maui Station in Hawaii on July 9. 1962. A view of the U.S. Starfish Prime high-altitude nuclear test taken at Maui Station in Hawaii on July 9. 1962. (Los Alamos National Laboratory) WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is taking to the bully pulpit…
Leidos nabs $206M bid to update software for NGA analysts
New Leidos software will support analysts at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. (Photo: NGA) GEOINT 2024 — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has awarded Leidos a contract worth up to $206 million to modernize its legacy software for exploiting incoming data — primarily for unclassified analysis, but also for some classified work, according to an NGA…
Australian PM Pushes for Crackdown on “Misogynistic” Speech Amid Fears Free Speech Is Fading
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Following his more recent online censorship demands, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is doubling down and has advocated for more stringent controls on what is labeled as “misogynistic” online content. This initiative comes as plans are set for a…
WEF Panelist Says COVID Response Made People More Receptive to Central Bank Digital Currencies
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The World Economic Forum (WEF) “globalism caravan” was in Saudi Arabia late last month, when one of these “special meeting” panels heard about the usefulness of what one might call “behavioral population lessons learned” during the Covid pandemic. Specifically,…
Documents Reveal Facebook Described Its Struggle with Biden White House on COVID-19 Censorship as a “Knife Fight”
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Documents released by the House Judiciary Committee this week reveal that Facebook executives felt embroiled in a bitter conflict with the Biden administration regarding the latter’s call for more aggressive COVID-19 censorship. What the Facebook team compared to a…
Marines eye 2025 fielding of 3 new, mobile air defense systems
A live-fire test of an initial MRIC prototype in December 2021. (US Marine Corps) MODERN DAY MARINE 2024 — The US Marine Corps is planning to field a trio of mobile, ground-based air defense systems over the next year, including a modified Iron Dome launcher — and at least two will be bound for the…
Countering China’s Red Dragon over the South China Sea
Philippine Coast Guard personnel aboard BRP Sindangan look on as a Chinese Coast Guard ship sails nearby, during resupply mission to troops stationed at Second Thomas Shoal, on March 05, 2024 in the South China Sea. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images) China has made the belief that it can operate with impunity in the waters…
Automakers Confirm Warrantless Location Data Sharing With US Agencies
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The New York state of mind, for once, may be winning – New Yorkers never really cared to drive. And with the new developments in the car industry, and its all but formal collusion with the constantly surveilling government…
Next-Gen OPIR: 2 steps forward, 1 step back for missile warning effort
As part of the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared System (Next-Gen OPIR), two polar satellites will provide coverage over the northern hemisphere. (Graphic: Northrop Grumman) WASHINGTON — The Space Force’s flagship but somewhat troubled missile warning satellite development program is babystepping its way toward deployment of both its space and ground segments — although the…
Top of Marines’ wish list: More capable drones, and ways to kill them
A small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) is shown in flight at Dugway Proving Ground. (US Army Dugway Proving Ground photo.) MODERN DAY MARINE 2024 — A Marine official tasked with the acquisition of small drones has a clear message for industry: He needs manufacturers to invest their internal resources to develop uncrewed systems at a…
Northrop wins $7 billion Air Force contract for more B-2 sustainment, upgrades
A US. Air Force B-2 Spirt assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base receives fuel from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 assigned to the 185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air National Guard in the sky over northwest Missouri on August 29, 2018.(U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De…
‘Technocrat’ Manele takes reins as Solomon Islands PM, China tilt remains
Solomon Islands then-Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele speaks during a press conference at Parliament on October 04, 2022 in Wellington, New Zealand. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images) SYDNEY — The new prime minister of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific appears unlikely to make major changes to his country’s foreign policy, having pledged to keep the…
Marine Commandant says new amphib readiness memo will ‘outlast’ him, CNO
The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24), and Landing Craft, Air Cushions 86, 85 and 02 attached to Assault Craft Unit 4 (ACU 4) sail in formation Aug. 14, 2021. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jesse Schwab) MODERN…
Army planning consolidation roadmap for loitering munitions and small drones
In 2023 the US Army and Lockheed fired eight Spike NLOS rounds from AH-64E Apache V6 at Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona. (US Army via Lockheed Martin) WASHINGTON — Nearly three months ago, the US Army announced a massive aviation overhaul, which led to the cancellation of several programs and the redirection of funds to…
President Trump Delivers Pizza to FDNY Fire House Following His Thursday Court Appearance
President Trump’s energy is unmatched. Following a long day in court on Thursday, President Trump delivered pizza to a New York City Fire House. Before entering court, Trump told the media, “We’re not letting the Radical Left morons take over this country!” While in court, highly conflicted Judge Merchan held another gag hearing in a likely attempt to fine President…
Top Donors to Virginia U.S. Senate Candidate Scott Parkinson Also Gave to President Trump’s GOP Primary Opponents and Ohio Never Trumper U.S. Senate Candidate Matt Dolan
Virginia United States Senate candidate Scott Parkinson is attempting to sell Virginia GOP voters that he is an ally of President Trump. However, facts point to something totally different. FEC records show that top donors to Parkinson gave to Tim Scott in the 2024 GOP Presidential Primary. Other top donors to Parkinson also gave to…
Services making progress putting the J in CJADC2: Vice Chief Grady
Army Col. Christopher Caldwell, the J3 operations director assigned to Joint Task Force Civil Support (JTF-CS), details the capabilities of the JTF-CS common operating picture to Commanding General Maj. Gen. Jeff Van and JTF-CS staff during a Joint All-Domain Command & Control System demonstration in 2021. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class…
Hypocrisy at Its Finest: Arizona Congressional Candidate Blake Masters Claims To Be Against Globalism While WEF Member Peter Thiel Is One of His Biggest Backers
Arizona 8th Congressional District Candidate Blake Masters claims he supports President Trump and is against DEI and open borders. However, Masters has a close friendship with World Economic Forum Member Peter Thiel, who has recently criticized President Trump. It should come as no surprise that while he was in college, Masters was ahead of the…
Australian Authorities Push for Encryption Backdoors After Internet Censorship Attempt
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. In a relentless bid to give some of the most authoritarian regimes in the world a run for their money where internet censorship is concerned, Australia’s government continues to come up with one dubious initiative after another. Recently, there…
Free Speech Platform Gab Rejects German Request for Data on User’s Posts Insulting Politician Ricarda Lang
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The German authorities have attempted to get Gab, a free speech software company, to release personal data identifying a user of its platform, for making comments about a politician’s weight that are considered offensive. Gab founder and CEO Andrew…
House Passes Antisemitism Bill Amid Free Speech Fears
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. In response to the ongoing tensions concerning Israel and Hamas, coupled with a wave of pro-Palestinian protests at colleges across the United States, the US House of Representatives, led by a New York Republican, voted in favor of a…
If CJADC2 is to ever happen, let INDOPACOM take the lead
Navy Adm. John C. Aquilino, commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command holds a press conference at Pentagon in Washington D.C., United States on October 17, 2023. (Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images) In recent years, the Pentagon has been pursuing the dream of Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2), but still seems years away from…
US Lawmakers Grill Former Biden Administration Officials Who Pressured Social Media Companies To Censor
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. In a session of the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, Congressman Jim Jordan intensely questioned Rob Flaherty, former White House Director of Digital Strategy, on the Biden administration’s messaging on COVID-19 and its interactions with…
Monitoring the heavens: Space Force has 1,000 ‘priority targets,’ 600 sensors
Space Force Maj. Gen. Gregory Gagnon, deputy chief of space operations for intelligence. (US Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Olivia Stecker) WASHINGTON — The Space Force’s head of intelligence says the service currently is keeping a very close eye on about 1,000 satellites — both those owned by adversaries and some US birds that…
Navy secretary: Divers assessing USS Boxer breakdown, findings to be made public
The amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan Riley/Released) MODERN DAY MARINE 2024 — Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said the service is in the process of investigating why a critical component on the amphibious assault ship Boxer (LHD-4) failed just days into an anticipated…
The sights of Modern Day Marine 2024 [Photos]
The greatest celebrity at Modern Day Marine is, as always, Chesty, the official Marine Corps mascot. He is a good boy, yes he is. (Ashley Roque/Breaking Defense) MODERN DAY MARINE 2024 — For years, the annual Modern Day Marine conference was held down in Quantico, in a series of tents and, inevitably, a rain storm….
Chris Calio takes helm of RTX as new chief executive
Chris Calio, then-chief operating officer of Raytheon Technologies Corp., at the Raytheon stand on day two of the Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, UK, on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. Calio is the new CEO of RTX. (Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Longtime RTX leader Greg Hayes passed the reins of the world’s second…
‘DISA Next’ strategy prioritizes common IT, enterprise cloud and zero-trust across DoD
U.S. Army, Sgt. RJ Koreis edits on laptop in “Technical Lanes” event, during the 2023 Spc. Hilda I. Clayton Best Combat Camera Competition at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, May 24, 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Noah Martin) WASHINGTON — Two weeks after the chief of the Pentagon’s communication branch previewed his strategic goals for…
Gaza conflict presents biggest test yet for IDF’s handheld, 3D navigation tech
An Asio Orion navigation system is in use with the IDF. (Asio) JERUSALEM — Israeli soldiers who went to war in Gaza after Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack carried with them the usual equipment, from rifles to radios, that the infantry has carried for decades. But into these new urban battles many also brought a newer,…
President Trump Holds High Energy Rallies in The Critical States of Wisconsin and Michigan.
President Trump spent his off day from court on Wednesday, holding massive rallies in the critical states of Wisconsin and Michigan. His speeches centered around the themes of ending Biden’s open borders, stopping lawless pro-Hamas riots holding America’s cities hostage, saving blue-collar jobs, and preventing World War 3. Polling across the board shows President Trump…
EXCLUSIVE: Mitch McConnell’s Bluegrass Committee Donates Directly to Nevada U.S. Senate Candidate Sam Brown
Mitch McConnell is a big supporter of Nevada United States Senate candidate Sam Brown. McConnell’s Bluegrass Committee has donated directly to Sam Brown. McConnell also hosted a 2023 fundraiser for Brown in Washington, D.C. It should be no surprise that Brown appeared awkward in a local Nevada TV interview when he recently attempted to claim…
L3Harris lobbying DoD to create ‘resilience’ standard for communications
The L3Harris logo is seen on the floor of the 2022 Air Force Association conference in National Harbor, Maryland. (Justin Katz/Breaking Defense) WASHINGTON — L3Harris is actively lobbying leaders in the Pentagon and Congress to create a definition of what “resilient communications” means, as the defense giant seeks to fend off a growing interest for…
Air Force stands up two new EW squadrons, but still short on personnel
U.S. Air Force Col. Andrew J. Finkler, 850th Spectrum Warfare Group commander, left, and U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Charles A. Friesz, 563rd Electronic Warfare Squadron commander, pass the guidon for 563rd EWS to signify Friesz’ assumption of command during the unit’s reactivation ceremony, San Antonio, Texas, April 25, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by…
Son of Senior Biden-Blinken State Department Official Elizabeth Daughtrey Leads Pro-Hamas Riots Holding Columbia University Hostage
Aidan Parisi, the son of Senior Biden-Blinken State Department official Elizabeth Daughtrey, is one of the leaders of the pro-Hamas riots holding Columbia University hostage. Parisi’s X account, @itsaidanbitch, has been writing posts encouraging violence across Columbia’s campus. Parisi’s actions got him suspended from Columbia in April, but the university never enforced the suspension, proving some people…
House lawmaker hopes to resuscitate DoD’s venture fellowship program
AFWERX’s booth at the AFA Warfare Symposium in Aurora, Colorado, Feb. 13, 2024. AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force, brings cutting edge American ingenuity from small businesses and start-ups to address the most pressing challenges of the DAF. (U.S. Air Force photo by Michael Madero) WASHINGTON — A program that…
Marine scouts check out small boats from Down Under
A Multi-Mission Reconnaissance Craft sails out of the Del Mar Boat Basin in order to test its capabilities as part of Project Convergence Capstone Four, Feb. 23, 2024 at Camp Pendleton, CA. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Kevin Ray J. Salvador) MODERN DAY MARINE 2024 — As the Marine Corps reemphasizes island-hopping operations in the…
US intelligence needs ‘professional cadre’ for OSINT to replace ‘amateur’ analysts: Official
Mr. Gregory L. Ryckman, Deputy Director for Global Integration, Defense Intelligence Agency, addressing the DoDIIS Worldwide Conference 2023, December 12, 2023, in Portland, Oregon. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Wade Costin, Defense Intelligence Agency) WASHINGTON — The explosion of open source information has so changed the game for intelligence collection and analysis that today a senior…
Following last year’s turmoil, SECNAV says Navy should have been buying amphibs sooner
Sailors prepare to help moor the amphibious assault ship America (LHA 6). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jeremy Graham) MODERN DAY MARINE 2024 — Following a year of tumult between the Navy, Marine Corps, broader Pentagon and numerous lawmakers over a proposed pause in amphibious shipbuilding, the service secretary today told…
OpenAI CEO’s Eyeball-Scanning Digital ID Project, Worldcoin, Hopes To Partner With OpenAI and Has Had Conversations With PayPal
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Worldcoin, a digital ID project based on biometrics, namely, eyeball scanning, co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, is eying (no pun) partnerships not only with OpenAI, but also PayPal, reports say. However, these movements are not accompanied by any…
Leak: EU Governments Impose Bulk Scanning Orders on Encrypted Messaging Services
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Yet another leaked document has emerged revealing details from the European Union policy regarding the implementation of the Child Sexual Abuse Regulation. (That’s “chat control” – ultimately designed to allow for bulk scanning of all private communications under the…
Maricopa County and Arizona State Collaborate To Surveil Social Media and Censor “Misinformation”
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The Arizona Secretary of State’s Office and the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office have been exposed as doing their best to team up with social media companies, non-profits, as well as the US government to advance online censorship. This, yet…
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UK New Medium Helicopter buy reduced to around 30 aircraft: Spirit AeroSystems Exec
Puma helicopters are due to be replaced under the British New Medium Helicopter acquisition (UK MoD) BELFAST — The United Kingdom intends on buying an estimated 14 fewer aircraft than targeted for its New Medium Helicopter (NMH) program, according to a senior industry executive. Nick Laird, managing director of European space and defence at Spirit…
National Security Disaster: Biden White House Plots to Import Palestinian “Refugees” Ahead of the 2024 Presidential Election
News broke late Tuesday that the Biden White House is plotting to import Palestinian refugees in the very near future. Loomer was one of the first to alert the American people to Biden’s latest national security disaster by highlighting an April 12th post from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services stating how current Palestinian green…
London’s Surveillance Scheme Rakes in Millions While Failing the Community
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. A scheme implemented by a Labour Party-controlled council in London, relying on Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) surveillance, is proving to be a lucrative “business” for the council – but is essentially failing the community it is supposed to…
FY25 out-year budget plans can’t support Space Force ambitions: Experts
Staff Sgt. David Diehl II, 436th Communications Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge of wing cybersecurity, displays his new United States Space Force tapes and service branch patch at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Feb. 12, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mauricio Campino) WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s fiscal 2025 budget request essentially flatlines the Space…
More than 100 lawmakers call for appropriators to restore Navy’s second Virginia-class sub
Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS South Dakota (SSN 790) transits the Thames River during a homecoming event at Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn. ( Photo courtesy of US Navy) WASHINGTON — Dozens of lawmakers are calling on House appropriators to ignore the Navy’s stated request to fund the construction of only one Virginia-class submarine this…
MQ-9A and beyond: How the Marine Corps is redefining expeditionary performance with next-gen UAS
GA-ASI’s MQ-9A UAS delivers long-endurance, persistent ISR for the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. The U.S. Marine Corps is gaining speed as it continues to execute one of the most significant transformations in military history. The Marine Corps, as its leaders often observe, is whatever the United States needs it to be. Marines have fought from…
Israel retires Patriot air defenses as native air defense systems step up
Patriot Launchers prepare for a live fire exercise in a central base in Israel, Israel Mar. 19, 2018. (Sgt. 1st Class Jason Epperson, 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command) JERUSALEM — After 40 years in use to defend the nation, the Israel Defense Forces will soon say goodbye to their American-made Patriot air defense…