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Hasty US exit from Europe could drive allies away from American arms, RAND says
A rapid, uncoordinated U.S. military drawdown from Europe could push key NATO allies further away from American weapons over the long term, according to a new RAND study, a shift the authors say would hurt the U.S. defense industrial base. RAND released the report, “Anticipating Allies’ Responses to U.S. Retrenchment from Europe,” on Wednesday. It examines how France, Germany, Poland…
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Freight tonnage, overall conditions on the decline for truckers
Slight freight tonnage decline in August: ATAATA's Truck Tonnage Index has fallen in four of the last five months after big gains were observed to begin the year.ATATrucking activity in the United States fell 0.5% in August after a 1.2% decline in July, according to the American Trucking Associations’ advanced…
Visa driver loophole to sink FMCSA’s non-domiciled CDL ban?
Any day now a federal appeals court could decide to throw out the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s non-domiciled CDL ban, and whether that rule sinks or swims largely depends on the rules around CDLs for visa holders.FMCSA's non-domiciled ban could get thrown out in court any day now.A big…
Decades trucking with measured growth in car-haul: Car Couriers
You wouldn't exactly know it just passing by, but there's a connection between the car-hauler under the phantasmagorical northern lights and the lowest level of the Cremona Hotel in Cremona, Alberta. Down in the basement most days you'll find one Darryl Cummings working dispatch operations for 12-truck Car Couriers, moving vehicles…
CENTCOM has become a battle lab for unmanned systems
When a U.S. Army helicopter went down near the Strait of Hormuz in June, an unmanned U.S. Navy vessel went looking for the crew.The Corsair, operated by U.S. 5th Fleet’s Task Force 59, helped recover two U.S. service members. A month later, three Corsairs were used for something entirely different:…
Poll: Trump approval falls to record low of 32% as war continues
President Donald Trump’s approval rating fell to 32% — the lowest of his political career — as his fellow Republicans soured on his handling of the cost of living amid the unpopular Iran war, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found.The poll, completed on Sunday, was conducted over a four-day period that…
The Pentagon asked industry how fast it could make more weapons. The numbers remain private.
Twenty-six days after the Pentagon’s deadline for defense companies to propose faster weapons production, the Defense Department has not publicly disclosed how many companies responded or what production timelines they offered.Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg gave industry leaders until Aug. 26 to submit plans for “significantly faster, more aggressive delivery…