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US Army defense program to stay in Wichita after Spirit is dropped as a supplier

Bell Textron, a subsidiary of Wichita-based Textron Aviation, will take over a U.S. Army defense program after the program dropped Spirit Aerosystems as a supplier. Bell is an aerospace and defense company that engineers and manufactures helicopters. On Wednesday, the company announced its facility in Wichita will keep production of the fuselage assembly for the U.S. Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft, a Bell news release said. The FLRAA program was initiated by the Army as an effort to deliver the next generation of military helicopters. Spirit was the key supplier for the program, handling the production of the fuselage assembly. Last month, Bell dropped Spirit and will handle the fuselage assembly, according to FlightGlobal News. Bell did not say why it dropped Spirit, but reports speculate that the decision comes as Boeing is working to reacquire Spirit in a $8.3 billion deal. Bell spokesperson Blakeley Thress declined to say how many jobs the Wichita facility could bring, but said it will be “starting the hiring process for the site immediately.” The site for the FLRAA program will be at an existing facility located at Beech Field on Textron Aviation’s campus in east Wichita. Bell plans to begin operations at the facility within the next several months, the company said. “As Bell prepares for the next stage of FLRAA’s Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase, we are committed to investing in advanced manufacturing to ensure we deliver exceptional performance at an affordable cost to our customer,” Bell CEO and president Lisa Atherton said. “Textron has a rich history with the state of Kansas as well as the city of Wichita, and we are proud to deepen that relationship as we establish this new facility.” Area politicians on the federal level applauded the news. “Bell Textron’s decision to continue production of the Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft in Kansas marks an historic day for the Air Capital of the World,” said U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas. “This announcement is a testament to the Kansas workforce and the unique

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Hours After Collapse, German Cabinet Approves Draft Law On Military Service

Hours After Collapse, German Cabinet Approves Draft Law On Military Service Hours after the German government collapsed, forcing Chancellor Olaf Scholz to call for a confidence vote that he said would take place on January 15 (which if he were to lose, which is virtually certain, will force a snap election by March), Reuters reports that Germany’s cabinet on Wednesday approved a draft law that would allow the army to gauge the readiness of the country’s 18-year-olds to serve in the Bundeswehr as it looks to boost troop numbers for NATO obligations without resorting to conscription. Reuters reports that the war in Ukraine prompted a debate in Germany over whether to reintroduce conscription, which was ended in 2011, to boost shrinking troop numbers in response to a more aggressive Russia It currently has 180,000 soldiers, which it wants to increase to 203,000 by 2031, as well as 60,000 reservists. The aim is to eventually reach 200,000 more reservists, which would enable Germany to swiftly expand its troops to around 460,000 in the event of war. With the end of conscription, Germany stopped the registration of 18-year-olds for military service, leaving the country without a reliable data base on whom it could call up. The aim of the new law is to once again have an overview of those figures: Under the model proposed, all men turning 18 – about roughly 300,000 next year – will have to fill out a digital survey on their interest in joining the army. Young women will also be sent the survey but are not obliged to respond. Rather strangely, this decision echoes that of the incumbent UK PM just weeks before their own election that resulted in a landslide victory for the opposition. As a reminder, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged to bring

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