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Credit: HDT GlobalDefense Feeds, Fort Polk, Louisiana – U.S. Army Tests Hunter Wolf UGV with Armed Support Capability on April 13, 2026. The released image signals a fundamental shift in how American forces will fight and sustain themselves. The 101st Airborne Division was captured using the Hunter Wolf unmanned ground vehicle during a combat simulation exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center.However, this wasn’t a routine logistics test. The vehicle appeared equipped with a remotely operated .50-caliber machine gun and EchoShield radar—a configuration that transforms the Hunter Wolf UGV armed integration from simple cargo transport into an active combat asset.The…

Pictured is HMAS Sydney firing Naval Strike Missile for the first time during RIMPAC 2024. The 2026 Integrated Investment Programme considers undersea capabilities, sea denial and long-range effects top investment priorities. Credit: Australia Defence Forces. Australia has released its 2026 National Defence Strategy (NDS) and Integrated Investment Programme (IIP) today, 16 April In the latter, the Government has pledged to spend A$425bn ($304bn) in defence over the next ten years In doing so, Canberra revealed its top spending priorities: sea denial, air mobility and long-range effects. It has been two years since Australia published its last defence strategy, and following…

Thiago Moises has won just about half of his UFC bouts since joining the promotion in 2018. He knows some would call him crazy for saying it, but he’s still confident that one day he will have the lightweight belt wrapped around his waist.Moises hasn’t had it easy, from debuting on short notice against Beneil Dariush to facing the likes of Islam Makhachev and Benoit Saint-Denis. He has collected big wins as well, defeating King Green, Alexander Hernandez, Michael Johnson and a last-minute replacement Melquizael Costa.With all that experience under his belt, he looks at former champion Charles Oliveira as…

Jay-Jay Wilson is back with a vengeance.On Thursday, Wilson squared off against the undefeated Darragh Kelly in the main event of PFL Belfast at the SSE Arena in Northern Ireland. And after just 37 seconds, Kelly was undefeated no more, thanks to a savage left hook from “The Maori Kid.”Wilson and Kelly wasted no time getting into the action, with Helly pressing in aggressively on Wilson. But Wilson landed a sharp body kick that drew Kelly in, and then flattened him with his left hand and follow-up shots, scoring the fastest finish of his career.The loss is the first of…

Congress on Tuesday posthumously awarded American prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz with the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest U.S. honor bestowed on civilians, for his work taking on Nazi death squads during the Nuremberg Trials.Ferencz, who died in 2023 at the age of 103, was just 27 with no previous trial experience when he became chief prosecutor in one of the most significant murder trials in history.While Congress voted to bestow the medal to Ferencz in 2022, his family members were on hand to posthumously receive the honor this week during the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s annual Days of Remembrance commemoration…

Gable Steveson is seen by many as someone who will be a heavyweight champion in mixed martial arts someday and someone who has known him since the amateur wrestling days sees this vision as well. The referenced fighter here is Mitch McKee who is coming off of his biggest career win in MMA over Sergio Pettis at the PFL Chicago card. The mixed martial arts journeys are intertwined as well with Steveson making his MMA debut on a card that McKee headlined previously under the LFA banner at LFA 217 last September. Being part of all that and being enmeshed…

“Department components will notify affected bargaining units of the status of their agreements,” a Pentagon official said. Anastasia Obis April 15, 2026 5:00 pm 2 min read Defense Department employees have become the latest to lose their protections provided under collective bargaining agreements, according to union officials and an internal DoD memo obtained by Federal News Network. In an April 9 memo to senior Pentagon leadership, combatant commanders and defense agency directors, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed the termination of collective bargaining agreements within 24 hours, with limited exceptions for certain categories of employees. “The Department is executing presidential executive…

The ring muscle up is one of the most demanding upper body movements in functional fitness. It combines pulling strength, pushing strength, coordination, and precise timing. Many athletes struggle with it not because of poor technique alone, but because they lack the specific strength required in key positions of the movement. If you want to improve your ring muscle ups, you need to focus on targeted strength work. General fitness is not enough. The body must be strong in very specific joint angles and movement patterns. This is where the right strength exercises make a massive difference. Why Strength Matters…

From audience choices to knight assignments and faction influence, the new game from WILD WITS GAMES already shows a lot of personality. I recently had the chance to try Sovereign Tower, a very intriguing management RPG that puts players in control of a tower that could be described as not only magical but also highly respected throughout the kingdom. The game is currently in development at French studio WILD WITS GAMES, the team many of you may remember for an equally compelling tactical roguelite released a few years ago under the name AETHERIS. I was given the opportunity to preview…

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before Congress on Thursday that he’s not pleased with how spending cuts to programs that help lower-income Americans afford food will affect his efforts to bolster healthy eating habits.“Am I happy about the cuts? No, I’m not happy about the cuts,” Kennedy said during a lengthy hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee, one of several congressional panels he’ll testify before in the days ahead.Kennedy added that President Donald Trump and White House budget director Russ Vought also didn’t truly want to propose funding cuts to the Special Supplemental…