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Updated at 12:00 p.m. ETThe Agriculture Department is telling a federal court that a majority of employees who received relocation notices so far have agreed to relocate – a higher acceptance rate than what the department experienced with a smaller-scale relocation under the first Trump administration. In an Aug. 28 court filing, Mary Pletcher Rice, USDA’s acting principal deputy assistant secretary for administration, told a federal judge in San Francisco that 725 USDA employees have received management directed reassignment (MDR) letters so far, and that 64% of them have accepted reassignment. USDA agencies saw major staffing losses when it relocated hundreds of D.C.-based…

Opposition from the United States and Russia has raised doubts that countries meeting in Geneva will on Friday agree on a document that could pave the way to international rules on the use of autonomous weapons, three diplomats said.The 128 states that are party to the Convention on ​Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), an international framework hosted under the United Nations in Geneva that regulates or bans specific types of weapons considered excessively injurious or indiscriminate, have been meeting this week in the Swiss city.They are set to decide whether consensus can be reached on a non-binding text that may usher…

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The United States does not have enough engineers, technicians and assemblers to rebuild military space assets destroyed in a war with China or Russia, according to a RAND report published Aug. 31.The study, “Breaking Glass, Missing Hands,” asks how quickly the country could replace satellites and supporting systems lost early in a protracted conflict. It sets the benchmark for reconstitution, the term for restoring lost capability, at 12 to 24 months, a pace much more demanding than the decade or so the report says it typically takes to replace an aging satellite. The study examines whether the space defense industrial…

Hanwha Aerospace has announced plans to launch the ‘Chunmoo User Club’, a new international forum designed to connect countries operating the Chunmoo Multiple Launch Rocket System (MRLS) and strengthen long-term cooperation across its growing global user community. The announcement came during the Chunmoo User Workshop held on the sidelines of the 5th K9 User Club in Tartu, Estonia. The conference brought together around 40 military and industry representatives from user nations including the Republic of Korea, Poland, Estonia and Norway, as well as representatives from other NATO countries, to discuss the framework and future direction of the new forum. Under…

French musical group Daft Punk during the concert for the 20 years of Lo Zoo di 105 at the Hippodrome. Milan (Italy), July 8th, 2019 (Photo by Marco Piraccini/Archivio Marco Piraccini/Mondadori via Getty Images) | Mondadori via Getty Images Here’s your open thread for Friday! Also, we got an app! MMA ADJACENT Live fights! TOTALLY OFF TOPIC I used to have MTV or similar channels (the Box for UK 90s kids!) on all day. I always liked this video (and any other by Daft Punk, really). What’s your fave video? GAME TIME My knowledge base drops off around 2010. IN…

The Defense Health Agency has explicitly established a hormone-screening pathway for female service members, directing providers to screen women annually for hormonal dysregulation and establishing clinical pathways for problems ranging from menstrual irregularities and fatigue to perimenopause and menopause. The Sept. 2 guidance, signed by DHA Director Vice Adm. Darin Via, establishes clinical pathways for female hormonal optimization and lays out when a woman should receive additional evaluation, what conditions providers should consider and when treatment or referral is warranted. A female Marine interviewed by Military Times said low testosterone can occur in women but can be harder to identify…

SENSHI’s international fight nights will be broadcast live worldwide on DAZN, beginning with SENSHI 33 Grand Prix on September 5 SENSHI and DAZN, the world’s leading sports entertainment platform and global home of combat sports, have today announced a new global broadcast partnership that will bring SENSHI’s live events for free to fight fans across the globe on DAZN. The partnership marks an important step in SENSHI’s international expansion and will give combat sports fans in more than 200 markets free-to-view access to the promotion’s premium live events, featuring elite kickboxers, rising international talent and some of the most exciting…

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Ukraine carried out one of its farthest uncrewed surface vessel (USV) attacks from Ukrainian shores, striking the Nefrit, a multipurpose offshore vessel, in the Russian Black Sea resort city of Sochi. The seaside getaway is located about 350 miles on a direct line from the nearest Ukrainian-held territory, but the trip is a lot longer if originating from Ukrainian-held shores. This marks the first known USV attack on this city that Russian President Vladimir Putin often visits. As we have reported in…

The ship’s company of HMAS Cape Hawke is seen during the dual Evolved Cape-class patrol boat commissioning ceremony at HMAS Cairns on 27 August. (ADF)The Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) fleet of patrol vessels has reached a full complement of ten, after the final two Evolved Cape-class vessels were commissioned on 27 August.The new two adherents to the class are HMAS Cape Spencer and HMAS Cape Hawke, both inducted at a ceremony in Cairns.Commodore Antony Pisani, Commander Surface Force, said, “Today’s commissioning formally welcomes HMAS Cape Spencer and HMAS Cape Hawke into service, and represents another important step in growing and…