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PICATINNY ARSENAL, NJ – In a landmark event to bolster the nation’s defense capabilities, Army Contracting Command – Rock Island (ACC-RI), on behalf of Portfolio Acquisition Executive Agile Sustainment and Ammunition (PAE AS&A) and Army Materiel Command (AMC), held an Industry Day event on 19-20 March 2026 focused on highlighting opportunities across the Organic Industrial Base (OIB). The general session drew an impressive crowd of more than 450 industry partners and government leaders. The remarkable attendance and active engagement from all participants made the event an overwhelming success, fostering invaluable collaboration that is crucial for strengthening our nation’s defense capabilities.…

Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces have announced a combat milestone with no documented precedent in modern warfare — operators from the Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) division of the 412th Nemesis Brigade successfully intercepted a Russian Shahed attack drone using an interceptor drone launched from an unmanned naval platform. The engagement took place within a maritime operational […]

Tonight’s UFC Winnipeg event was headlined by a welterweight bout featuring former title challenger Gilbert Burns taking on Mike Malott. Burns (22-10 MMA) had entered this evening’s main event with hopes of snapping a four-fight losing skid. ‘Durinho’ had most previously competed inside of the Octagon eleven months ago, where he suffered a first-round TKO loss to rising contender Michael Morales (see that here). The 39-year-old was looking to earn his first win since defeating Jorge Masvidal by way of decision at UFC 287. Meanwhile, Mike Malott (14-2-1 MMA) had come into tonight’s headliner sporting a three-fight winning streak, with…

Not only is hardware memory scarce these days, but context memory, the conversational data exchanged with AI models, can be an issue too. Cloudflare’s answer to this particular problem is Agent Memory, a managed service for siphoning AI conversations when space is scarce, then injecting the data back on demand. “It gives AI agents persistent memory, allowing them to recall what matters, forget what doesn’t, and get smarter over time,” said Tyson Trautmann, senior director of engineering, and Rob Sutter, engineering manager, in a blog post. AI models can accept a limited amount of input, referred to as context. Measured…

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By Frud Bezhan April 16, 2026 The United States and Israel’s bombing campaign has devastated Iran’s military, decapitated much of its leadership, and destroyed critical infrastructure. Yet Tehran still believes it is winning the weekslong confrontation. That Iran’s theocracy has survived at all has been touted in the Islamic republic as a victory. The country has also obtained a new and powerful card: control of the Strait of Hormuz. Since the war began on February 28, Iran has effectively closed one of the world’s key arteries for global oil and gas supplies, a move that has rattled energy markets, upended…

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org The Department of the Air Force wants to launch a construction boom with its fiscal 2027 budget, more than doubling its request over 2026, according to budget documents. The combined military construction and facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization budgets fund infrastructure costs for everything from hangars and runways to family housing. The department’s 2027 budget request asks for about $26.7 billion, up from $13 billion in 2026, including: $730 million for new hangar and support spaces…

As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approached the four-year mark in early 2026, the international media widely reported that the war had now lasted longer than the Soviet fight against Nazi Germany during World War II. This historical comparison made for attention-grabbing headlines, but it was not entirely accurate. In fact, the Russia-Ukraine War did not begin in 2022; it started eight years earlier in 2014. Efforts to end the war must reflect this reality. Despite extensive coverage and analysis over the past four years addressing Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, there remains an alarming lack of clarity over the…

Arman Tsarukyan sent Urijah Faber flying into the crowd before securing another dominant victory at RAF 8 on Saturday night. While Tsarukyan had things well in hand throughout the contest, things turned chaotic in the second period. As Tsarukyan shot in for a single leg with roughly 90 seconds left in the stanza, the UFC lightweight contender powered Faber off the mat and into the front row of the crowd. It appeared as though Faber took a rather nasty spill, but he was able to continue the match without issue. Tsarukyan would go on to win the contest via a…

The Department of Veterans Affairs has been using artificial intelligence to speed up its processing of veterans’ benefits claims, but VA officials told lawmakers that human reviewers make the final decisions and that greater use of the emerging capabilities has not correlated with an increase in errors or issues — a claim disputed by Democrats. During a House Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing on Wednesday, Margarita Devlin — principal deputy under secretary for benefits at VA’s Veterans Benefits Administration — told lawmakers that “the average time to process a claim has dropped by 42% since January 2025, from 141 days to just…