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The U.S. Air Force for the first time utilized the service’s new artificial intelligence wargame system in an event late last month.The department premiered WarMatrix for its inaugural use at the March 27 GE 26 Benchmark Wargame, marking the system’s move from development into operational capacity, according to a Tuesday Air Force release.WarMatrix, described by the force as an “active wargaming environment,” is an AI-powered system that integrates existing models, data and workflows while expediting analysis.The Air Force at the end of 2025 said it was looking for technology capable of producing simulations 10,000 times faster than real time.WarMatrix is…

Ronda Rousey doesn’t have any animosity towards Gina Carano ahead of their upcoming fight, but that’s certainly not the case when it comes to reigning UFC women’s bantamweight champion Kayla Harrison.While things stayed painfully cordial between Rousey and Carano, the UFC Hall of Famer erupted when she was asked about Harrison’s recent comments about her. Back in March, Harrison took aim at Rousey after she talked about an exercise that takes place between judokas, where it’s like a marathon training session with the person in the middle staying there until somebody beats them. Rousey is an Olympic bronze medalist in…

Dana White maintains that UFC Freedom 250 is an apolitical event, but a former UFC lightweight stalwart has called him out on some facets of that characterization. The UFC figurehead was touching on the looming Summer event during an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, with a clip provided by X account @ChampRDS, as White said, “We’re paying the entire bill on all of this, everything you’re saying. Not one dollar of tax payer money will go into this. This is the UFC’s gift to the 250th birthday of America. I think one of the myths that I would like…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Air Force officials are pursuing a space-based system to detect airborne threats and pushing off additional funding for battlespace awareness aircraft in the 2027 budget, even as the service’s fleet of radar planes is in Iran’s sights.A base contract has been awarded for a new space-based airborne moving target communication capability, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said Wednesday during his keynote address to the Space Symposium here. During a follow-up roundtable with reporters, the service leader said they’ve selected a pool of vendors and are progressing towards the first award. While he didn’t provide a specific…

DESTINYbit’s turn-based mech RPG leaves Early Access on May 12 with a new Main Quest, a cross-platform launch, and a demo already available. DESTINYbit‘s plans to conclude Steam Early Access at the end of May 12, 2026 marking the transition to a full retail launch on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store are rooted in the fact that the NITRO GEN OMEGA version 1.0 release builds upon a key feature that currently lacks completion; the Main Quest. While a new Demo has been released that provides players with a glimpse…

The new cybersecurity recruitment expansion comes after the loss of thousands of federal tech experts under the Trump administration’s workforce reductions. Drew Friedman@dfriedmanWFED April 15, 2026 5:52 pm 3 min read The Trump administration is widening its lens for recruiting technologists to work across federal agencies, at least temporarily. The Office of Personnel Management announced this week that it will be expanding its Tech Force hiring program to include opportunities for agencies to hire cybersecurity specialists. That’s on top of the program’s existing recruitment efforts for software engineers, data scientists and product managers. The newly added cybersecurity roles will focus…

Terry Gerton You have had one of the more interesting career paths to your current position. You spent over 15 years as a detective in the New York Police Department. You were a town councilman. You were an elected member of the House of Representatives. How on Earth did you find your way back to the executive branch — as an IG, no less? Anthony D’Esposito To be honest, you know, serving as an inspector general, I think that there is a lot of benefits to someone, especially now and the war that we have on fraud — not saying…

Type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon pictured in the Middle East in 2013. Credit: UK MoD/Crown copyright HMS Dragon docked for maintenance soon after arriving to cover Cyprus, sparking confusion over its readiness The delay and rushed checks highlight the Royal Navy’s escort and availability shortfalls MoD says it’s at “very high readiness,” but while alongside it can’t provide immediate air-defence cover Confusion surrounds the current status of HMS Dragon, the Type 45 destroyer belatedly sent by the UK Government to provide air cover for Cyprus against Iranian and Hezbollah threats, after it docked for maintenance days after arriving in theatre.…

NATO is studying how to use ground and air robots to replace human soldiers in assaults, something Ukraine has been doing for more than a year.  But that hasn’t stopped Russia’s continuous assault with its own, increasingly autonomous one-way attack drones.On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a social-media splash with a video describing a historic first from last July: a skirmish in which Russian troops surrendered to Ukrainian robots. “The future is already on the front line—and Ukraine is building it,” Zelenskyy said in the video, adding that Ukrainian robotics companies “have already carried out more than 22,000 missions on…

What happens when a country at war stops seriously debating its own strategy and goals?In Israel today, that scenario is no longer theoretical. In the aftermath of Hamas’ surprise attack on Oct. 7, 2023, and the subsequent conflicts in Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran, Israel’s strategic decision-making ecosystem has been progressively undermined by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his political associates.Netanyahu has surrounded himself with pliable officials and supportive voices, including the defense minister and the leaders of the Mossad and the Internal Security Agency (Shin Bet). He has become increasingly dependent on extreme coalition partners who constrain the parameters of…