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Service members sickened by hazardous exposures at the Pentagon on 9/11, as well as some exposed to radiation while serving — without related documentation — would be eligible for broader access to Veterans Affairs benefits under several bills being considered by Congress. A House subcommittee on Tuesday discussed proposed legislation on illnesses linked to service-connected exposures as well as extended benefits for spouses whose veteran dies from service-connected conditions. The legislation discussed by the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs included: H.R. 5339: A bill that would expand health care and compensation to service members who…

SINGAPORE — Boeing’s MQ-28 Ghost Bat Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) will gain internal weapons bays along with an increased wingspan, the global program director announced during this week’s Singapore Airshow. Speaking at a media briefing here on Wednesday, Glen Ferguson told reporters that Block 3 aircraft will be able to carry weapons such as the AIM-120 medium range air-to-air missile and the Small Diameter Bomb. Ferguson was keen to stress, however, that the only constraint on the types of payloads that could be carried in the bays was physical, with the Ghost Bat’s modularity and open architecture meaning that a…

Teledyne Marine’s next-generation Slocum Sentinel glider. Credit: Teledyne Marine via LinkedIn. Teledyne Technologies conducted an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) demonstration in waters off Iceland, deploying autonomous underwater vehicles equipped with a range of acoustic and communications technology. The demonstration, which took place from 17 to 22 January, was hosted at Teledyne’s Gavia facility in Kópavogur. Several Nato member states attended to observe the trials. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more The operation used the Slocum Sentinel Glider, which carried a 60-metre (m) passive acoustic…

American President Donald Trump wants to be known as the U.S. leader who ends wars—the “president of peace,” as he puts it. He campaigned in 2016 as someone who would put a stop to endless overseas entanglements and, in 2020 and 2024, as one of the few modern American leaders who didn’t start a conflict. But Trump’s behavior over the last year has been remarkably hawkish. Within just the last two months, he has bombed two countries and sunk multiple ships in the Caribbean. He is now massing American naval forces near Iran, which he attacked in June. And on…

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls was announced on June 4, 2025 during the PlayStation State of Play event that aired that day. As such, it’s been over 240 days since Captain America, Iron Man, Storm, Dr. Doom, Star-Lord, Ms. Marvel, Spider-Man and Ghost Rider were revealed. The developers have not revealed a single character since those initial eight. This feels particularly strange considering that Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is supposed to be a 4v4 team fighting game. One would…

BELFAST — Indonesia and Italian manufacturer Leonardo signed an agreement at the Singapore Airshow today to support the southeast Asian nation’s ambition of acquiring M-346F Block 20 fighter aircraft. Leonardo said in a statement that the new Letter of Intent (LoI) with Jakarta and local firm PT ESystem Solutions comes after “the selection of the M-346 by the [Ministry of Defense] to respond to Indonesia’s training and combat capability needs.” Additionally, noted the manufacturer, the program will assist with Indonesia’s “aircraft fleet modernization plan leveraging on the M-346 advanced technology and performance” leading to the replacement of aging aircraft such…

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Ministry of National Defense of the People’s Republic of China Source： Xinhuanet Editor：Liu Sen Time：2026-02-03 20:56:13 BEIJING, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) — China and Uruguay should strengthen the alignment of development strategies, and deepen cooperation in areas such as economy and trade, finance, agriculture and animal husbandry, infrastructure construction, and information and communications technology, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday. Both sides should explore the potential for cooperation in emerging fields including green development, digital economy, artificial intelligence, and clean energy, so as to drive economic growth and transformation, Xi said when holding talks with President of the Oriental Republic…

US Air Force F-22 Raptor takes off from RAF Lakenheath, one of numerous UK military sites harassed by drones in recent years. Credit: Crown Copyright / UK Ministry of Defence. The Armed Forces Bill, having reached its second reading in Parliament, will soon allow UK troops to down drones in and around military sites It is said the number of cases in which drones have harassed British military sites has doubled from 126 in 2024 to 266 last year. It is understood that personnel will first lean on EW effects to down a drone, and should this fail, they will…

WASHINGTON — The Army has selected three companies to move on to the next phase of its Flight School Next competition, the service’s new multi-faceted program to train helicopter pilots at Fort Rucker.  Today Bell, M1 and Lockheed Martin confirmed to Breaking Defense that they have been selected to move on to Phase III of the competition, which entails submitting a full written Commercial Solution Proposal for their offering, per the original commercial solutions opening (CSO) posted in December. “We are grateful for the Army’s confidence in our Flight School Next solution to move on to Phase III,” Todd Morar, vice…