Fast-tracking the fighter jet engine of the future

 Sailors need to see themselves in ‘fabric’ of new warfighting instructions, CNO says  - CNO Adm. Daryl Caudle said the success of his "Fighting Instructions" depends on the Navy's rank and file understanding their role in carrying them out.

+4 from  militarytimes

 Barometer Check: Transatlantic Security and the Munich Security Conference

 Peeling Back the US Information Operation in Iran  - As part of the US campaign to engineer a regime change in Iran, the US military and intelligence community are using Operational Preparation of the Environmnet aka OPE. OPE is…

 Transnistria: A Conflict Unfrozen but Not Thawed  - For the first time in three decades, there is clear and significant momentum toward Transnistrian reintegration, but converting this moment into a permanent solution requires vision, substantial financial resources, and delicate diplomacy.

+3 from  csis.org

 VA restores gun rights to some disabled veterans  - The VA announced it will immediately stop reporting veterans to the FBI’s national background check database if they need a fiduciary for their finances.

 Trump Discovers Multilateralism  - This week, Bill Reinsch discusses the Forum on Resource Geostrategic Engagement (FORGE), and how the Trump administration is using multilateralism despite its preference for unilateralism

 US Air Force sees early 2030s rollout for revamped Sentinel nuclear missile  - The LGM-35A ICBM program had its Milestone B status revoked during a Nunn-McCurdy review, but a new decision is expected by the end of 2026.

 Apache helicopters downed drones in air-to-air combat with 30mm proximity ammo  - Gunship pilots test-fired APEX munitions, designed to pulverize targets with shrapnel.

 One Minute to Midnight  - Notwithstanding some of the positive words that came out following the talks in Geneva on Tuesday between the United States and Iran, the die is cast… The United States is…