Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 17, 2018

Haaretz/AP: Trump, Putin Vow to Cooperate on Syria, Ensure Israel's Security

Trump says he saw no reason to believe Russia had hacked the 2016 U.S. presidential election to help him win, and Putin 'was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today'

Russian President Vladimir Putin opened Tuesday's highly anticipated joint press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump in Helsinki by saying that the U.S. president paid particular attention to Israel during their summit. Trump echoed that Russia and the U.S. will work together to help ensure Israeli security.

"We both spoke with Bibi and they would like to do certain things with Syria having to do with the safety of Israel," Trump told a joint news conference. "Russia and the United States will work jointly (in this regard)."

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 17, 2018

Putin: Trump 'paid particular attention' to Israel's security at summit -- Jerusalem Post

Russian Military Offers to Cooperate with US in Syria -- Military.com/AP

Pentagon Is Open to First Talks With Russian MoD - Reports -- Sputnik

Trump gets in another jab at NATO in sneering 'apology' saying: 'If asking for people to pay up money that they are supposed to pay is insulting maybe I did' -- Daily Mail

In Helsinki backlash, Democrats target sanctions loophole for US allies buying Russian arms -- Defense News

U.K. to stick with Eurofighter development in air combat strategy -- UPI

UK military eyes on-demand space launch from new spaceport -- Defense News

Macron signs French military budget into law. Here’s what the armed forces are getting. -- Defense News

Danish Official Rings Alarm as Half of Young Men Unfit for Military Service -- Sputnik

US targets Chinese and Russian missiles with THAAD upgrade in South Korea: military analysts -- SCMP

URS awarded $ 7.3M to support F-16s for Taiwan -- UPI

Taiwan puts second squad of US Apache attack helicopters on duty as Beijing boosts military presence -- SCMP

Israel passes law to ban groups critical of state, military from schools -- Reuters

Lockheed awarded $450.7M contract for Saudi patrol ships -- UPI

U.S. State Department in talks with Turkey to sell Patriot system -- Reuters

Aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford enters next development phase at shipyard -- Navy Times/AP

Jim Mattis’ ‘dynamic force employment’ concept just got real for the US Navy -- Defense News

Marines field-test new flash-bang mortar rounds during RIMPAC -- Stars and Stripes

All-Navy Crew Flies MV-22 Osprey for the First Time -- USNI News

US Air Force completes tests of troubled KC-46 vision system, but is it fixed? -- Defense News

What’s going on with America’s next fighter designs? -- Defense News

US says reports of defective anti-tank missiles is ‘fake news’ -- Washington Examiner

Pentagon asks Congress to shift $4.7 billion for a more lethal Army -- Bloomberg

Report: Army 4-Star Selected to Lead New Futures Command -- Military.com

Helicopter drone loses weight, lengthens endurance, but will the change attract customers? -- Defense News

Revealed: The new structure for the Pentagon’s tech and acquisition offices -- Defense News

Pentagon Requests Funds for First Offensive Hypersonic Weapons -- Sputnik

3 thoughts on hypersonic weapons from the Pentagon’s technology chief -- Defense News

The U.S. military is trying to manage foreign conflicts — not resolve them. Here’s why. -- Washington Post