European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker confirms that Britain and the European Union have agreed a new Brexit deal. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: “We’ve got a great new deal that takes back control.”

Rethinking a key element of its training, the British Army is enlisting the private sector to deliver a “surrogate for warfare” by the time the syllabus is overhauled over the next few years. The Ministry of Defence plans to issue Requests for information Nov. 1, formally launching an industry competition to secure the first phase of the project. “Collective training will become a surrogate for warfare; driving adaptation, generating combat ethos, empowering commanders, and delivering tactical innovation,” the Army says.

The U.S. Army is to be provided with open-source capabilities by BAE Systems through a $437-million task order. Working with publicly-available sources but through a secure cloud environment, the company is to provide training, policy and governance recommendations, assessments and implementation of emerging capabilities.

There evidently are problems with integration of Javelin anti-tank missiles onto the U.S. Army’s Stryker combat vehicle, according to program manager Col. Bill Venable who has confirmed that the project is being delayed by more than a year. An earlier iteration required the vehicle operator to dismount and fire the missile but the Army, in trying to mount the system alongside a 30mm cannon, has had difficulties linking it to the Strykers’ remote weapons station.