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The United States Army has awarded a four-year contract to Global Military Products to assume facility management and new product development responsibilities at the Quad Cities Cartridge Case Facility (QCCCF) at Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois, according to an April 1 announcement. The government-owned site, which has operated for more than a century as part […]

AV has been selected to deliver JUMP 20-X to the U.S. Navy in support of its initiative to modernize and expand ISR operations. The JUMP 20-X enables multi-domain missions with fully autonomous, hands-free operation and more than 13 hours of flight time, a 115-mile (185 km) range, and 30 pounds of payload capacity. AV press release AeroVironment, Inc. (“AV”), a global leader in autonomous systems and intelligence services, today announced its selection by the United States Navy to provide Contractor-Owned, Contractor-Operated (COCO) Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) services in support of critical naval operations. Under the Navy’s recently announced initiative to expand and modernize ISR capabilities, AV will compete for delivery orders alongside…

America’s war against Iran has sparked heated debates over U.S. strategic priorities, military objectives, and defense industrial capacity. It has also fueled speculation about how a hypothetical clash between the United States and the People’s Republic of China might unfold. Tehran’s ability to launch salvo after salvo of simple attack drones reflects current thinking about how the proliferation of cheap, easily producible precision weapons is changing the character of war, and previews some of the challenges that Washington might confront in a fight with Beijing. Facing an even bigger and better-armed rival, the United States is likely to find that…

The U.S. Forest Service is moving its headquarters out of Washington and closing dozens of facilities across the country in a move the agency said will streamline its work but that employees cautioned could lead to a mass exodus of staff. The Agriculture Department agency will shift around 260 employees to its new headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, and move around a to-be-determined number of employees in soon-to-be-shuttered regional offices. The reshaping of the agency is part of a larger USDA reorganization that will see 2,600 employees shifted from the capital region into new regional hubs around the country.USFS leadership…

The barbell jerk is one of the most powerful and technically demanding movements in strength training. It is a core component of Olympic weightlifting and a highly effective exercise for developing explosive strength, coordination, and overhead stability. Despite its widespread use, the jerk is often misunderstood. Many athletes and coaches approach it with incorrect assumptions that limit performance and increase injury risk. This article addresses three of the most common misconceptions about the barbell jerk exercise. Each misconception will be unpacked using scientific evidence and practical coaching insights. The goal is to provide a clear and evidence based understanding of…

Spain – Ministry of Foreign Affairs PRESS STATEMENT 038 31 MAR 26 Spain condemns the passing of the law in the Israeli Parliament on the death penalty in Israel and the occupied territory of the State of Palestine. Spain categorically rejects the content of this draconian law, which is, by its very nature, discriminatory against the Palestinian population. This discrimination is of the utmost gravity as it enshrines legal inequality between people on an issue that directly affects the fundamental right to life. Furthermore, it expands the number of offences punishable by the death penalty and removes basic guarantees of…

The Navy doesn’t want robot boat prototypes, so it nixed its existing unmanned surface vehicle program in favor of an already-made-or-being-built strategy. That move rattled industry last week, but it could bring the Navy closer to getting what it says it needs in medium unmanned surface vessels. Wargames showed the larger Modular Attack Surface Craft vehicle as having “too short a range (2,500 [nautical miles]) to be useful, and sometimes it was hard to effectively use its 16 missiles before the vessel was destroyed by counter-battery fire,” said Bryan Clark, who leads the Hudson Institute’s Center for Defense Concepts and Technology.…

League of Arab States Date: 31/03/2026 The League of Arab States (Palestine and Occupied Arab Territories Sector) issued a statement strongly condemning the Israeli Knesset’s approval, on 30 March, of a law permitting the execution of Palestinian prisoners. It calls upon the international community, the United Nations, the Security Council, and the International Criminal Court to take immediate and decisive action to annul this unlawful legislation, hold the leaders of the occupation accountable for their crimes, and ensure international protection for Palestinian prisoners. This racist and brutal law, which clearly and discriminatorily targets Palestinian prisoners to the exclusion of others,…

The war with Iran is into its fifth week, and despite much of its military power being destroyed by U.S. and Israeli strikes, Tehran has yet to give in or show any signs of external vulnerability or internal destabilization. If anything, it is increasingly convinced that whenever the guns fall silent, it will come out on top.The main source of Iran’s confidence is its upper hand in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important energy chokepoints and aortic valves of globalized production.In response to U.S. and Israeli attacks, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has closed the strait…

Enkh-Orgil Baatarkhuu has already done what most fighters never will. The ONE Bantamweight MMA World Champion submitted Fabricio Andrade in December to claim the belt and become only the second Mongolian to hold ONE MMA gold. Now, barely four months into his reign, his ambitions have already moved to the next mountain. “The Tormentor” has set his sights on ONE Featherweight MMA World Champion Tang Kai. A potential super-fight between the Mongolian champion’s relentless grappling and the Chinese knockout artist’s devastating power would be one of the biggest bouts ONE Championship could make — and Baatarkhuu knows exactly why he…