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US Air Force awards Lockheed Martin $694M hypersonic missile production contract

The Air Force granted Lockheed Martin a $694 million contract in late September for the production and fielding of the AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW.
Pentagon creates advisory council on human performance, health

After creating a new directorate on warfighter optimization within the Department of Defense, the Pentagon announced it will form a federal advisory committee to weigh in on issues affecting troop performance and health.
A shipwreck, two Nazi spies and the Boy Scout who noticed

Author Sara Vladic tells the tale of how an alert Boy Scout and an observant local mother thwarted Nazi spies — and how one recently discovered shipwreck weaves it all together.
Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest mountain retreat burned down

A German man was arrested following a fire at the mountaintop complex famously captured by the ‘Band of Brothers’ troops in WWII.