Some residents of Berkeley, Calif., want to put a measure before city voters that would require a public hearing before letting military recruiters set up a new office within 600 feet of homes, parks, public health clinics, libraries, schools, or churches, reports the Contra Costa Times. The effect, says the newspaper, is to engender a “more complicated city process that sometimes can be stalled or nixed in city bureaucracy.” The group pushing this measure would need to get 2,000 signatures within the next six months for it to appear on the November ballot. But, the newspaper reports that may not be the slam-dunk the group expected, since it’s sparked some public outcry against the initiative.
Navy CCA Program’s Shape Coming into Focus
Oct. 17, 2025
In announcing its Navy Collaborative Combat Aircraft contract, General Atomics has provided some clues as to where the service is heading with its version of an armed, autonomous fighter escort. It will likely be quite different from the Air Force version.