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Moorestown, N.J., March 22, 2026 – Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), together with the U.S. Department of War (DoW), the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Japan’s Ministry of Defense (JMOD), successfully completed the first live target tracking exercise using the SPY-7 radar. Notably, the SPY-7 radar utilized to conduct this testing will be delivered to Japan for installation onto the first Aegis System Equipped Vessel (ASEV).   During this exercise, the ASEV system demonstrated the ability to search, detect, identify, track and discriminate against live targets and concluded with virtual target engagements. This successful exercise highlights ASEV’s maturity of the integrated SPY-7…

PRISM Receives Patent for PRS PRISM founder Mark Chin has announced that the brand’s PRS (Prism Retention System) has finally received it’s US Patentunder Patent No. 12,550,954. With his extensive background in apparel design, development and manufacturing, Mark took a simple idea and concept and is now turning it into a product you didn’t know you needed. PRISM will begin manufacturing their apparel bottoms to now include PRS. The concepts and design of PRS are extremely simple, but very effective. The retention system is made up oftheir own manufactured bottoms and incorporating PRS, which is a Velcro type material integrated…

This exclusive Cogs of War interview is with Eric Chewning, the executive vice president of maritime systems and corporate strategy at HII. As HII is America’s largest and one of its oldest military shipbuilders, we asked him to share his thoughts on maritime startups, reindustrialization policy, and more.Shipbuilding has been slow to adopt AI and other automated tools in comparison to other manufacturing industries. What cultural shifts inside a century-old yard are the hardest to drive when adopting new design/manufacturing tools?While HII has been using advanced automation to accelerate production in our shipyards for years, shipbuilding use cases have been…

Coventry, UK | 20 March 2026 ePropelled has opened its new Global Innovation Centre in Coventry, expanding the United Kingdom’s sovereign capability in electric and hybrid propulsion as the company scales toward producing more than one million propulsion systems annually by 2027. The facility will support allied requirements for long endurance UAVs, robotic ground vehicles and autonomous maritime platforms. Nick Grewal, Founder, Chair and CEO, said: “The world has realised it cannot depend on a single region for critical propulsion. We are one of the very few companies building both propulsion and power generation for uncrewed vehicle platforms. To meet…

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) tested their ability to integrate unmanned aircraft systems to support ground forces during a live-fire exercise on March 12. “We are no strangers to innovation here on Fort Campbell,” said Brig. Gen. Travis McIntosh, deputy commanding general of operations for the 101st. “Drones are reshaping the geometry of the battlefield in real time and we must adjust. Distance and sanctuary no longer provide the protection they once did, and mass and speed of decision-making will increasingly be enabled by autonomy and AI. This event tested and proved these assumptions for…

Southeast Asia should be benefiting from China’s rise. Beijing has made the region’s growth a priority: Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s Maritime Silk Road—the nautical pillar of the Belt and Road Initiative, China’s global infrastructure and investment program—put Southeast Asia at the heart of Beijing’s geoeconomic strategy and made it a prime target for development opportunities. Southeast Asia has attracted roughly $126 billion in Chinese investment in the last decade, and in 2020, the region surpassed the United States and the European Union to become China’s largest trading partner. As Washington revives tariff threats and global demand slows, Beijing has embraced…

At the outset of Operation Epic Fury, U.S. authorities went on a nationwide high alert against acts of terrorism carried out by Iran and its proxies—with good reason. Days after U.S. and Israeli strikes killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’s Qods Force broadcast over Iranian television a warning that “the enemy should know that their happy days are over and they will no longer be safe anywhere in the world, not even in their own homes.”Since the threat, operatives acting at Iran’s behest have been tied to plots in Azerbaijan, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab…

The Homeland Security Department will have a new secretary after the Senate confirmed Markwayne Mullin in a 54-45 vote to the role Monday evening, paving the way for a new chapter in the tumultuous period for the agency that has spearheaded President Trump’s immigration crackdown. Mullin, who will soon resign his seat as a Republican senator from Oklahoma, will replace Kristi Noem at DHS, who drew bipartisan condemnation for her handling of Trump’s mass deportation effort and appeared to lose the president’s trust when she recently told Congress he was aware of a controversial ad campaign touting the department’s efforts. Mullin will inherit…

The US Army’s LTAMDS. Credit: U.S. Army photo by Darrell Ames. The US has approved Foreign Military Sales (FMS) worth approximately $16.5bn to three Middle Eastern nations amid ongoing regional security concerns linked to military operations involving Iran. Kuwait will receive the largest portion of the authorised sales, which includes up to eight Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) radars, five Large Tactical Power Systems (LTPS), and eight frequency converters for an estimated total of $8bn. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out…

Recently, one of the music groups I follow released a song about the famed Musashi Miyamoto and his A Book of Five Rings. This song inspired me to take another inspection of his manuscript. Instead of reading it this time, I listened to the audiobook, which, I feel, had a different impact on me. What follows are my reflections and opinions on Musashi’s writings. At the beginning of Musashi’s manuscript, the retired swordsman tries to differentiate his style and approach from other sword systems. He then splits his book into five chapters. Throughout his writings, he does not dwell on…