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Anduril and HD Hyundai are expanding their partnership of designing and building autonomous surface vessels as the first ship in their new class enters production.“Following the successful completion of our critical design review, construction on our first ASV is underway, and the ship is on track to be in the water and tested by the end of this year,” according to an Anduril statement to Military Times.Anduril has been conducting daily at-sea testing to give insights into moving the vessel from production to operation, as it collects open-water operation data that will transfer to the first production hull when it…

Iranian media is claiming that the US used backdoors and/or botnets to disable networking equipment during the current war, and Chinese state media is dining out on the allegations. Reports from Iran claim hardware made by Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet, and MikroTik either rebooted or disconnected during recent attacks on Iran – despite the regime disconnecting the nation from the global internet. The reports suggest that’s only possible because someone – probably the US – can sabotage the equipment at will. The report linked to above hypothesizes that a hidden backdoor in firmware or bootloader allows remote attacks at a pre-determined…

The Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano card has been salvaged with a late replacement stepping in to ensure the fight moves forward as planned. Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) has teamed up with Netflix to launch its first-ever MMA event, which is scheduled to take place at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, on May 16. The card is shaping up as a stacked triple-header, with Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano topping the bill in a five-round featherweight showdown, as both women make their long-awaited return to the cage after more than a decade away. A look at the first-ever MMA…

The U.S. submarine that sank an Iranian warship last month was trained and dispatched on short notice, the chief of naval operations said Monday, touting the quick turn as an example of the Navy’s efforts to adapt more quickly to the changing needs of war.“Several weeks ago, after the initial strikes” on Iran, “the joint force needed some covert naval options—and fast, not a six-month deployment cycle and not a full strike group,” Adm. Daryl Caudle told an audience at the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space conference outside Washington, D.C. “We took a submarine operating in the Indo-Pacific, ran it through a…

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Scenario planning, visibility and traceability are foundational capabilities for food supply chains — an industry that depends on product quality and shelf life, experts said during a panel session at the Food Manufacturing Summit. And with data quality being the “single biggest, most important thing” in food manufacturing, technology can help mitigate supply chain issues through demand planning, network models and other strategic tools, Mihir Tamhankar, principal at Kearney, said during the panel. “This is not just about visibility into your own…

CAMP HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea (April 10, 2026) — U.S. and Republic of Korea service members and civilian inter-agencies from across U.S. Forces Korea (USFK), Combined Forces Command (CFC), international organizations, and the U.S. government convened this week for a workshop focused on strengthening coordination in disaster and human-induced crisis response. Hosted by the United States Indo-Pacific Command’s Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (CFE-DM) in partnership with the USFK and CFC, the workshop trained participants on civil-military and humanitarian assistance operations planning considerations in response to natural disasters and complex emergencies on the Korean peninsula. The…

The Dark Ages of the Steam Medieval Fest 2026 Arrived And Come With Some Great Sales The clatter of plate armor and the whistle of longbow arrows are returning to fill your ever-growing backlog of digital titles. Starting today, April 20, at 10:00 AM PDT, the Steam Medieval Fest 2026 officially kicks off, offering a week-long celebration of feudal conquest and tactical brilliance until April 27. This list goes over some of the best strategy games I have personally played and am willing to recommend. This list also marks the first time a Wargame Design Studio title goes on sale!…

Abstract  The rapid expansion of open-source intelligence (OSINT), Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), and AI-enabled analytics has created a paradox within the U.S. intelligence enterprise. Unprecedented collection now risks degrading decision quality. Modern intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) environments generate massive data streams at speeds that outpace traditional analytical workflows, transforming collection advantage into decision paralysis. At the same time, the intelligence workforce remains structurally constrained, increasingly reliant on contractors, and ill-equipped to process data at operational tempo. Artificial intelligence (AI) offers partial relief but introduces new vulnerabilities, including hallucinations, automation bias, and adversarial manipulation. This article argues that the data overload crisis is fundamentally a…

Saildrone, the world leader and most experienced operator of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs), today released the design of the Saildrone Spectre, the culmination of two years of intense design work, leveraging over 10 years of operational USV experience. At 52 meters (170 feet) long, weighing 250 tonnes, and capable of up to 30 knots, Spectre is the largest, fastest, and most capable Saildrone platform to date. Spectre is optimized for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) operations, a mission set that demands extreme endurance and an ultra-quiet acoustic signature. Spectre achieves this by leveraging the proven endurance, reliability, and silent propulsion of the…

SANTA CLARA, CA., April 20, 2026 – ANELLO Photonics, the creator of the Silicon Photonics Optical Gyroscope (SiPhOG™) and a leader in solid-state, high-precision inertial navigation systems, and BlackSea Technologies (blacksea.tech), a developer of advanced autonomous maritime systems, today announced that the ANELLO Maritime Inertial Navigation System (INS), following successful demonstration on the GARC platform, has been selected and designed into BlackSea Technologies’ Chaser autonomous surface vessel. The collaboration brings together ANELLO’s cutting-edge inertial sensing technology with BlackSea’s mission-ready maritime autonomy platform to accelerate fleet modernization while delivering assured navigation for uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) operating in GPS-denied and contested…