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The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Last week, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman cryptically teased plans for a new high- and fast-flying X-plane with a silhouette of an aircraft that immediately drew comparisons to the famed SR-71 Blackbird as a backdrop. In our report, we looked at what it could mean, including the possibility of reviving the SR-71, or at least using it to inform or even cobble together a new airframe. Now it turns out that an SR-71 that had been on display at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research…

Ailin Perez and Norma Dumont will have a chance to settle their beef when they share the octagon Saturday at UFC Vegas 121, battling in a co-main event bout at the Meta APEX, and the Argentine talent feels she has gotten in Dumont’s head with her verbal attacks over the years.Perez and Dumont have shared a card back in July 2023, when they beat Ashlee Evans-Smith and Chelsea Chandler, respectively, and Perez says the Brazilian tried to confront her at the UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas prior to her win over Ketlen Vieira in November 2025.And Norma is a…

Wat is Gransino en waarom Trustpilot belangrijk is Gransino is een online casino dat zich richt op de Europese markt, waaronder Nederland. Het platform biedt een breed scala aan slots, live casino‑spellen en een sportweddenschappen‑sectie. Voor veel spelers is de reputatie van een casino een doorslaggevende factor; hier komt Trustpilot in beeld. De beoordelingen op Trustpilot geven een onafhankelijk beeld van de ervaringen van echte spelers. In Nederland zoeken spelers vaak naar betrouwbare recensies voordat ze hun eerste storting doen. Een hoge Trustpilot‑score kan dan een eerste signaal zijn dat Gransino een veilige en gebruiksvriendelijke omgeving biedt. Tegelijkertijd kunnen negatieve…

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Most companies that have received refunds for defunct International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariffs are funneling the reimbursements back into their operations, according to a survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.  Roughly 75% of businesses said they are keeping at least some of their refunds as cash, while 52.5% are using the returned funds to invest in research, development and capital projects, per the survey of more than 1,100 c-suite executives at U.S. firms.  Responding executives were allowed…

Every trip to the supermarket is a shock to budget-strapped Americans. The cost of a grocery haul just seems to be going up and up. And that may leave many people wondering if it’s even possible to eat healthy without spending large, or making the Dollar General your go-to stop for nutrition. Food inflation can hurt your savings account even more if you require plenty of calories to power those herculean workouts. Luckily, you don’t have to turn to ramen noodles and packaged mystery meats to get a lower cost meal on the table if you know how to shop…

OCCAR has awarded Orizzonte Sistemi Navali a €3.7B contract for the development, production, and in-service support of the Italian Navy’s next-generation DDX destroyers, set for delivery in 2033 and 2035 Fincantieri press release Genoa/Trieste/Rome, 24 September 2026 – Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN), a joint venture between Fincantieri (51%) and Leonardo (49%), has signed a contract with OCCAR (Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en matière d’Armement) with a total value of approximately €3.7 billion, of which approximately €1.3 billion is in options, for the development, production, logistic studies and Initial In Service Support (ISS) of two new-generation DDX destroyers for the Italian…

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO is capable of handling sabotage and drone incidents in Europe and has good action plans in place to deal with them, the alliance’s secretary general said Thursday as a Danish intelligence service warned Russia is expected to increase such attacks. Secretary-General Mark Rutte said he believes the rising number of hybrid incidents in NATO countries shows that Russian President Vladimir Putin is losing the war in Ukraine, now in its fifth year, and that the best way to respond is to give more weapons to the Ukrainian armed forces. “All the response options are there, and…

The Pentagon’s enterprise-wide generative artificial intelligence platform is continuing to see high levels of use across the department, with millions of civilians, contractors and military personnel taking advantage of the service.In a discussion with Punchbowl News on Wednesday, Defense Department Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer Cameron Stanley said “as of last week, we’ve had over 2 million people in a week across all three models log in and use AI.”GenAI.mil, which DOD launched in December, currently hosts three AI models: Google Cloud’s Gemini for Government, OpenAI’s ChatGPT Mil and xAI’s Grok for Government. The service provides vetted, internal AI…

Nominees for the Board of Veterans Appeals and the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims faced tough questioning Wednesday from the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee regarding their qualifications and commitment to decide veteran benefits claims.At stake is the future leadership of the Board of Veterans Appeals, which reviews and makes decisions on protests filed by veterans following claims denials and the makeup of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, which would receive four new judges if all nominees are confirmed.Four of the five nominees have extensive military and law experience, while the fifth has handled veterans’ issues…

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