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Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org Space Force leaders have been saying for months that they are uniquely prepared among the services to embrace the Trump administration’s acquisition reforms. Now, officials from the Program Executive Office for Battle Management, Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence, or BMC3I, are implementing some of those reforms through a Commercial Solutions Opening—a contract vehicle that can be used to buy a wide range of innovative off-the-shelf technologies. At a Jan. 23 industry…

Quirinale is designed for scientific mapping and monitoring activities. Credit: FINCANTIERI S.p.A. The Italian Navy’s new major hydro-oceanographic ship, Quirinale, has been launched at Fincantieri’s Riva Trigoso shipyard during a ceremony attended by representatives from both organisations. Eleonora Di Paola, granddaughter of Squadron Admiral Luigi Di Paola and daughter of former Chief of Defence Staff and Minister of Defence Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola, sponsored the launch. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more The vessel, measuring approximately 110 metres and displacing roughly 6,000 tonnes,…

Anyone who’s ever sat under a special daylight lamp to combat the winter blues knows that strategically applied light can have a dramatic impact on exhaustion levels and overall mood. But can that effect also work for sailors standing watches at all hours in dark ship corridors and compartments?That’s what researcher Eliza Van Reen is on a mission to prove. Van Reen, whose company Circadian Positioning Systems has worked on fatigue mitigation with NASA and sailboat racing crews, is now working with the Navy to show that her system could solve the thorny issue of establishing healthy circadian rhythms at…

Last month, Japanese media reported new scheduling details for a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) port facility planned for Amami Oshima, the largest island in the Amami archipelago located between Kyushu and Okinawa and considered a strategic site for maritime surveillance in the Pacific Ocean and logistical support to Japan’s southwestern Nansei Islands.According to the regional news report,[1] the Japanese Ministry of Defense (JMOD) plans to seek approval by the end of fiscal year 2025 to reclaim land for the project from sections of Koniya Port in Setouchi Town, a locality situated in the southern part of Amami Oshima.Redevelopment of…

Sean O’Malley was back in action at UFC 324, taking a big decision win over Song Yadong to put himself back in the title picture at bantamweight. But if the UFC wants him back in the cage for anything other than another championship fight, they’re gonna have to pay him more.That’s the word from O’Malley, who went on the Ariel Helwani Show and discussed his contractual status with the promotion and what’s next for him in his career.“You know, you sign a contract and you fight, you have a certain amount of fights on your contract, and it’s hard once…

Veterans Affairs Department employees are requesting additional services and memorials from management after a nurse at the agency was fatally shot by federal officers this weekend, but so far have received minimal communication. Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, was an intensive care unit nurse at the VA Medical Center in Minneapolis before he was killed on Saturday. Pretti gathered with other protestors as Border Patrol was conducting what it called a targeted operation to detain an individual it said was in the country illegally. Pretti kept a firearm holstered and approached the officers holding his phone before he was taken to the…

Paris/France, 23 January 2026 An important milestone for Horizon Mid-Life-Upgrade (MLU) Programme has been reached with the installation of the Kronos Grand Naval radar at the Shore Integration Facility (SIF) in Saint-Mandrier (Direction Générale de l’Armement – DGA – Site d’Expérimentation des Systèmes de Défense Aérienne – SESDA) The first Kronos Grand Naval (KGN, provided by Leonardo) was shipped and installed on the DGA Shore Integration Facility (SIF) in Saint-Mandrier, France, on the 17th December 2025. This is a major highlight of the Horizon-MLU co-operative Programme, and a critical prerequisite to begin the qualification and acceptance of the PAAMS at…

JERUSALEM — The Trophy Active Protection System, originally developed by Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, will be supplied for Leopard 2 A8 Main Battle Tanks used by NATO members Lithuania, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, and Croatia, the company announced.  The deal is valued at approximately $390 million, Rafael said in a press release on Friday. The multi-nation contract was signed between EuroTrophy GmbH and KNDS Deutschland, Rafael said. EuroTrophy was incorporated in 2022 by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) and Rafael to market and produce the Trophy. KNDS is the name of the company that resulted…

Toulouse, France, 27 January 2026 – Airbus will launch its first Pléiades Neo Next satellite early 2028 from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The satellite will be launched on an Avio’s Vega C rocket.With the Pléiades Neo Next programme, Airbus is reinforcing its Earth Observation capabilities and services to remain at the forefront of geospatial technologies. This new programme will result in new satellite assets and capabilities, including 20-cm-class native resolution.“The Pléiades Neo Next programme builds on the success of our existing Pléiades Neo constellation which serves government and commercial customers around the world,” said Eric Even, Head…

The impact of climate change in our current times is noticeable at both global and national levels. It creates conflicts and dilemmas for states, governments, and other key organisations. The growing complexity of climate governance calls for change and for adjusting existing policies and legislation to adapt to the new situation. National governments and international institutions need to work together to handle the problem at stake, namely climate change, and to provide solutions to mitigate its effects. With this, there is a need to integrate nature and environmental considerations more closely into daily life and political decision-making, in order to…