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The Agriculture Department told lawmakers on Thursday it is moving forward with various restructurings despite some bipartisan skepticism over the legality and wisdom of those moves.The overall USDA reorganization will help streamline a “runaway bureaucracy,” Secretary Brooke Rollins said in her prepared testimony before the House Appropriations Committee. The department is already selling buildings and relocating the headquarters of some of its components, she and other officials said Thursday, despite Congress placing roadblocks on various aspects of those changes.In a separate hearing, for example, U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz said the Trump administration is taking steps to prepare to…

PARIS — France is moving closer to a decision on its future rocket artillery system, with the country testing domestically developed weapons this month that will allow for a comparison with foreign systems in a few weeks’ time, the head of the country’s armaments agency said.The first tests of a French-developed rocket artillery system “went well” on Tuesday, with more testing planned for next week, Patrick Pailloux, the head of the Directorate General for Armament, said in a parliamentary hearing on Wednesday.Safran and MBDA are one of the teams working on a French-made rocket artillery system, with Thales and ArianeGroup…

NRAAM 26 – FLUX Defense FLUX Defense has introduced a new holster for their Raider 365 chassis which turns your SIG P365 into a PDW. In addition to the adjustable height options, they’ve now added adjustable retention to the Gen 2 holster. Get yours at fluxdefense.com/shop/gen2-holster-raider-365-ultralight. This entry was posted on Friday, April 17th, 2026 at 17:30 and is filed under Advertiser, Holsters, NRA. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

As part of a process started two years ago, the United States have now approved a German request for purchase of the AEGIS/SPY-6 AAW suite. Germany will purchase eight complete sets intended to fit out the future F127 AAW combatants. Official Release by US State Department “The U.S. Department of State has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Germany to Integrated Combat System, Supporting Equipment, and Support (sic). The estimated total cost is $11.9 billion. The Government of Germany has requested to buy eight (8) shipsets of AEGIS-based Integrated Combat System (ICS) MK…

The history of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), a faith-based international body founded in 1969 in Rabat, Morocco, is intimately intertwined with the history of Israel and its political actions in the West Bank and Gaza. This connection is already visible in the organization’s founding document. Its Charter, signed in the same year and effective from 1972, explicitly mentions only two of its 57 Member States (MS) and three of its MS’ cities (cf. Arts. 14, 18, 21, 39), and it implicitly alludes to only one non-MS: Israel. It can be read in its preamble that the OIC MS…

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Qatar’s 747-8i gifted for interim Air Force One use. The U.S. Air Force is testing a lavish 747-8i donated by Qatar to serve as a temporary Air Force One while awaiting delayed VC-25B deliveries. Test flights underway with expected delivery by 2026. The VC-25B Bridge Aircraft has begun test flights and is expected to be delivered to the Presidential Airlift Group by summer 2026. Limited modifications observed on the aircraft. Photos show few changes to the jet’s communication systems, though it includes…

Josh Hokit will be without his longtime coach when he competes at the upcoming UFC Freedom 250 event. UFC Freedom 250 goes down on the White House lawn on June 14 — president Donald Trump’s birthday. The card is intended to help celebrate the USA’s 250th anniversary, and features appearances from many top fighters. One of those fighters is Josh Hokit. Hokit last fought at UFC 327 earlier this month, when he defeated longtime heavyweight contender Curtis Blaydes by decision in a Fight of the Year contender. Immediately after the win, which brought him to 3-0 in the UFC, it…

Introduction In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war, and fortunately for us, a massive library of video games to simulate it. Whether you are looking to command thousands of Imperial Guardsmen or take control of a single, chainsword-wielding Ultramarine, the Warhammer 40,000 franchise has never been in a better spot than it is in 2026. The ongoing Warhammer Classics Sale, on Steam, saw the revival of several older titles, and inspired this very article, and, to be honest with you, I have spent more hours than I care to admit across these digital battlefields, especially…

As AI adoption accelerates in federal government and a new national cybersecurity strategy takes shape this year, agencies are being asked to move faster while demonstrating stronger governance, clearer accountability and measurable resilience. Key to achieving these objectives is the essential need for agencies to better understand their own IT environments in real time. This requirement for enhanced observability goes beyond just whether systems are operational, but also how data flows, where dependencies intersect, and how changes affect compliance, performance and mission delivery. The convergence of cyber, AI and resilience mandates Previous analysis from Federal News Network has charted a…

MELBOURNE, Fla., April 14, 2026 — L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) successfully demonstrated an advanced autonomous electronic warfare (EW) capability during a recent U.S. Army experiment, showcasing its ability to detect, locate and neutralize threats in real time. The demonstration featured the compact, software-defined Deceptor™ EW payload deployed on multiple unmanned aerial systems. Operating within the Distributed Spectrum Collaboration and Operations (DiSCO™) ecosystem, the Deceptor system enabled coordinated, AI-enabled sensing and effects across the battlespace. The integrated system also detected and geolocated radio frequency (RF) threats, fused data from multiple sensors in real time, and executed RF jamming to neutralize those…