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Marlon Vera has had bigger fights in his career, but maybe none more important than his showdown with Charles Jourdain at UFC 331.The one-time bantamweight title challenger was on a career-worst four-fight losing streak heading into Saturday’s event in Los Angeles, and a loss to the fast-rising Jourdain would have left “Chito” on shaky ground. However, Vera put on a resurgent performance, battering Jourdain for two rounds before scoring a knockout victory in the third.Immediately after the referee stepped in, an emotional Vera dropped to his knees in celebration, and later told reporters that he fully felt the magnitude of…

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and Carrier Strike Group 3 pulled into Guam on Saturday for a short logistics stop, officially marking the 10th month of its deployment.The Lincoln left Naval Station North Island in San Diego, California, on Nov. 21, 2025, and joined U.S. Naval forces in the Middle East to support combat operations during the Iran war. “The stop on Naval Base Guam marks CSG-3 personnel’s first return to American soil in nine months, during which personnel will be afforded on-base liberty,” the Navy said.The Lincoln, which is the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 3, arrived…

Spectra Group (UK) Ltd has secured a €13 million contract from a NATO ally for Comtech’s Mobile Transportable Transmission System (MTTS) Troposcatter terminals, including a comprehensive spares and support package. Spectra Group specialises in secure, reliable and resilient beyond line-of-sight communications for operations in denied and contested environments. The contract reflects growing NATO demand for resilient beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) communications that can operate independently of satellite infrastructure and maintain connectivity in contested and congested operational environments. The Comtech MTTS system provides high-capacity communications links between dispersed locations where assured connectivity is critical to operational effectiveness. Spectra Group acquired the global distribution…

The Army is throwing its weight behind new and emerging construction methods to cut building costs by 30%, according to a recent memo obtained by Army Times. But it’s also halving building lifespans, with a plan that calls for new builds to last just 25 years instead of the traditional 50.The memo, published July 31 and signed by W. Jordan Gillis, assistant secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment, directs “the adoption of installation resilience through Industrialized Construction” through use of construction methods like 3D printing, rapidly deployed tent-like tension fabric structures, parts kits, and pre-engineered steel structures.“The…

For more than four decades, the EC-130H Compass Call fought a battle most people could never see.Rather than relying on conventional weapons, this unusual U.S. Air Force aircraft operated in the electromagnetic environment, helping disrupt adversary communications and command-and-control systems.Now, its long career is ending.On September 2, 2026, the final operational EC-130H Compass Call, aircraft 73-1590, completed its last flight from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona. The aircraft is scheduled for formal retirement on September 18.There was a fitting detail to that final flight: an EA-37B Compass Call flew alongside it.That image captures the bigger story. The EC-130H Compass…

Terry Gerton Brian, let me ask the first question to you. We talk a lot about drones and they’re being used in lots of different ways these days from surveillance and cargo delivery to military operations, and now in some cases, criminal activity. Why has the criminal investigation community become so interested in drones? Brian Sharman It’s a great question. Thank you for asking. Because drones have become both a tool and a potential source of evidence, they’re inexpensive, widely available, and increasingly capable. It can be used for completely legitimate purposes, but they can also support surveillance, smuggling, reconnaissance,…

Team LionStrike has appointed NP Aerospace as prime contractor for its proposal to the UK Ministry of Defence’s Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV) programme, strengthening the UK led approach to programme delivery and through-life support.Team LionStrike is a teaming agreement that brings together NP Aerospace’s integration expertise, BAE Systems’ complex defence programme expertise and GM Defence’s proven vehicle technology. As prime contractor, NP Aerospace will lead the UK customer interface and programme delivery, working with BAE Systems and GM Defence to integrate capabilities across the team.NP Aerospace has also been appointed an official original equipment manufacturing (OEM) certified support provider for…

Outside of that … Pimblett was largely unimpressed.“I’ve got to give him his due,” Pimblett said on YouTube. “As much as I don’t like him, that was a naughty elbow. I thought he looked pretty sh*t up until the point of the elbow. His eye is messed up already. I wish he never landed that just to see how the second and third would have went. That’s where he was just thinking of wrestling, thinking of wrestling, but when they separated with like 15 seconds to go, Ruffy should have tried to put it on him. Ruffy was staying against…

When the M-1943 field jacket was introduced at the height of World War II, it was a revolutionary garment. The jacket was the result of rigorous testing, input from an astonishingly diverse group of experts, and was produced by the most advanced textile and garment industry in the world at the time. But the essence of the M-1943 field jacket, and what made it so unique, was the very simple question it was trying to answer: “What does the soldier want?”The success of the field jacket highlights how a diversity of thought, a mastery of logistics, and a concern for…

After overseeing a purge of Pentagon advisory committees last year, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is adding a new one to the list, focused on homeland security and defense.Announced in the Federal Register Sept. 11, the Homeland Defense Board aims to fill a gap Hegseth sees in providing military guidance to homeland security missions.“The specific, integrated advice required by the SecWar regarding the military’s mission of defense of the Homeland and Homeland security cooperation is not available from any other Federal advisory committee, government agency, or alternative source,” establishing documents state.“Department of war” and “secretary of war” are the Trump administration’s…