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Former ABC featherweight champion and ex-UFC star Zabit Magomedsharipov will grapple Youssef Zalal later this month in the main event of ACBJJ 22 in Istanbul. Earlier this year, Zabit was expected to face UFC fighter Raul Rosas Jr. in a grappling bout at another ACBJJ event. However, the matchup did not come to fruition. 🚨 Zabit Magomedsharipov is set to return to competition after a seven-year absence and a canceled bout earlier this year. The former UFC featherweight will compete against current UFC featherweight contender Youssef Zalal in a grappling match at ACBJJ in Istanbul, Turkey, on… pic.twitter.com/XkLNnPS1dR— Red Corner…

Conditions on the ground and in the air are a constant factor in defense operations, shaping what is possible and how safely it can be done. In practice, access to reliable, local weather data is not always guaranteed, particularly when systems fail or connectivity is limited. Few people understand this better than Alex Faulconer, Business Development Manager for Defense Meteorology at Vaisala. Faulconer spent 13 years in the U.S. Army, including deployments in Afghanistan, before moving into the meteorological technology sector. Drawing on his operational experience, Faulconer offers insights into why dependable, on-site weather intelligence is critical to mission success.…

Veterans of the Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard may be at higher risk for developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) compared with veterans from other branches, according to research published on Wednesday in the journal Neurology.In a review of 9.9 million veterans in the VA medical system from 2000 to 2024, researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the Department of Veterans Affairs and elsewhere found that 14,419 patients had received an ALS diagnosis.In the group with ALS, 46% were Army veterans – nearly the same percentage of soldiers in the entire patient cohort. Using the rate…

The U.S. Army is searching for a surface-to-air missile that can destroy small drones.The Next Generation C-sUAS Missile project comes as the U.S. and other nations are pursuing lasers, microwaves and other alternatives to kinetic anti-drone weapons, such as missiles and cannon, which are seen as too expensive and in short supply.The Army wants to quickly develop an “extended-range, quick-response missile to defeat Group 2 and Group 3 small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) threats,” according to the Army’s Sources Sought notice. The deadline is August 20.The initial specifications are for a missile that can intercept a drone flying at 6…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency cuts its workforce without assessing how that would impact disaster response and recovery, the Government Accountability Office determined in a report published Tuesday. Despite previous reports that staffing shortages have impeded past recovery efforts, FEMA in 2025 and 2026 pushed staffers to take voluntary separation incentives like the deferred resignation program and fired new and recently promoted employees who were still in their probationary periods. Ultimately, GAO found that about 17% of FEMA’s workforce, more than 4,300 employees, separated in fiscal 2025 and that, as of April, the agency employed nearly 21,000 staffers. “DHS and FEMA did not…

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Iran and Oman are reportedly closing in on a deal that would give the Islamic Republic full control over ships entering the Strait of Hormuz. This comes as a tenuous pause in fighting between the U.S. and Iran enters a sixth day and a day after U.S. President Donald Trump insisted that Iran would fully open the vital chokepoint today or face new and more intense attacks that would include powerplants, other civilian infrastructure and even strikes on leadership. Iran largely closed…

Taufkirchen, 4.08.2026 – HENSOLDT has been awarded a contract by the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw to supply the equipment for the so-called dismounted Joint Fire Support Teams (JFSTs). Following the successful demonstration of the system’s capabilities – developed by HENSOLDT – in a previous contract, the series order has now been placed. The dismounted Joint Fire Support Team (JFST) project involves equipping Joint Terminal Attack Controllers / Joint Forward Observers (JTAC/JFO), whose task is to request and direct close air support (CAS) for ground forces, as well as indirect artillery fire. As the…

Brock Lesnar is finally walking away from professional wrestling and the world of combat sports altogether.On Tuesday, the former UFC heavyweight champion and longtime WWE star announced on The Pat McAfee Show that he is officially retiring from professional wrestling, a business the 49-year-old Lesnar has been involved with since 2000. Lesnar appeared at the WWE’s SummerSlam event this past Saturday, where he lost to Oba Femi, putting an end to their storyline feud, which began earlier this year and included a match at WrestleMania 42 this past April that Femi was also booked to win.As it stands, their SummerSlam…

Turkey continues to show growing signs of hostility toward Israel, prompting Western analysts to intensify their assessment of Ankara’s expanding military capabilities. Turkey’s increasing involvement in Syria has become a growing source of concern in Israel, with the United States reportedly being asked to closely monitor these developments. While Turkey does not currently pose the same direct military threat to Israel as Iran, it represents a rising strategic challenge. The greater risk lies in an escalating political and military rivalry, growing proxy pressure in Syria, potential confrontation in the Eastern Mediterranean, and Turkey’s ability to leverage its NATO membership and…

“Myths are things that never happened, but always are.” This quote from the fourth century Roman author Sallustius came to mind when my daughter—a classical studies and archaeology major at Bryn Mawr College—explained why Christopher Nolan’s recent film is a bad adaptation of Homer’s epic poem, the Odyssey. Despite the poem’s origins in oral history, subject to different interpretations by the individual teller, classicists contend that a proper recitation attends to the fundamental Homeric theme of kleos aphthiton—do it in a way that delivers undying fame for its warrior protagonist, Odysseus. The imperative for this style of telling is the…