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The U.S. Air Force is seeking additional industry sources capable of producing a Stand-in Attack Weapon or equivalent system compatible with the future F-47 fighter and B-21 Raider stealth bomber, according to a sources sought notice posted Wednesday on SAM.gov.The notice, issued by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s weapons office at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is not a solicitation but a market research tool to identify firms capable of producing a system with “similar or improved capabilities” to the SiAW. Responses are due March 19.The SiAW is a supersonic air-to-ground missile designed to rapidly strike mobile targets,…

Print this page By Alia Brahimi In Season 2, Episode 15 of the Guns for Hire podcast, host Alia Brahimi is joined by Dimko Zhluktenko, a Ukrainian drone pilot and analyst within the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Ukrainian military. They discuss the realities of drone warfare in Ukraine, as well as the ways in which mercenary forces change the nature and tempo of battle. Dimko describes how he and his comrades are combatting Shahed drones, the psychological mechanisms necessary to keep fighting an army which uses waves of expendable manpower, and the need for NATO to start thinking of…

President Donald Trump declared on Monday that the United States has already “won” the war with Iran “in many ways,” but conceded that broader objectives of the conflict — which he described as a “little excursion” — remain unresolved. Trump, speaking from his eponymously named golf club in South Florida during a House Republican policy retreat, addressed the state of the war, while reflecting on its human cost. “The hardest thing to do is go to Dover,” he said, referring to his weekend visit to the Air Force base in Delaware where the remains of the first six American service…

UFC Hall of Famer Chael Sonnen believes Tom Aspinall’s recent deal with Matchroom Boxing is based on an inauthentic premise. UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall remains busy outside of the Octagon as he continues to recover from injuries sustained in his most-recent fight. At UFC 321 last year, Aspinall’s fight with Ciryl Gane was ruled a no-contest just minutes into the action after Aspinall suffered from multiple accidental eye pokes from Gane. Aspinall continues to recover from his ailments, and a timeline for a return to the Octagon remains uncertain. In the meantime, former UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira…

Iran Press TV Monday, 09 March 2026 2:36 AM By Humaira Ahad The Assembly of Experts on Sunday announced Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei as the third Leader of the Islamic Revolution after a rigorous process that lasted more than a week. Late on Sunday, as people were in mosques immersed in special Ramadan prayers, Iran’s Assembly of Experts announced Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei as the third Leader of the Islamic Revolution, following the martyrdom of Imam Seyyed Ali Khamenei. “By a decisive vote, the Assembly of Experts elected Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei as the third Leader of the sacred…

AV will design and integrate prototype test environments at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. Credit: Pavel Kapysh/Shutterstock.com. AeroVironment has received a three-year contract worth $97.4m under the US Army’s Aviation and Missile Technology Consortium to develop and deliver the Generative Environment for the Next Era of Spectral Imaging Stimulators, known as GENESIS. The programme will create a Hardware-in-the-Loop test environment for validating missile defence and electro-optical/infrared sensor systems. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more AeroVironment said it will design and integrate prototype test…

NEW DELHI — The United States and Iran have offered sharply different accounts of the sinking of an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean last week, with Washington rejecting Tehran’s claim the vessel was unarmed and Iranian officials insisting it was operating in a noncombat role.The United States Indo-Pacific Command on Sunday rejected Iran’s claim that the warship IRIS Dena was unarmed when it was sunk in a submarine attack in international waters off Sri Lanka on March 4. In a statement on X, INDOPACOM called Iran’s assertion that the vessel was unarmed “false.”The response followed strong objections from Tehran,…

In Beirut, Baghdad, and across the Middle East, the same pattern repeats: a leader is killed, a funeral fills the streets, and within weeks someone new is giving orders.Indeed, despite the setbacks faced by the regional network of armed groups aligned with Iran that calls itself the “axis of resistance,” it has not disappeared. U.S. forces have struck several groups linked to the Popular Mobilization Forces in Iraq, while Israel has sustained operations against Hizballah across southern Lebanon and Beirut. In response to the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Hizballah launched a series of rockets and drones into…

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. U.S. and Israeli authorities have reportedly been considering a special operations ground raid to extract or otherwise neutralize Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium. TWZ previously explored this exact scenario, given that this nuclear material is understood to be stored in deep underground bunkers, presenting challenges for attempting to achieve this objective from the air alone. U.S. and Israeli special operations forces have actively trained for these kinds of missions for decades, and Israel has demonstrated its ability and willingness to carry out…

The Government of the Netherlands has decided to deploy the De Zeven Provinciën-class air defense and command frigate HNLMS Evertsen in the eastern Mediterranean from this week until early April. Dutch MoD press release The frigate will contribute to the defense of the Carrier Strike Group and the defense of Cyprus and allied territory. Ministers Tom Berendsen (Foreign Affairs) and Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius (Defense) announced this today to the House of Representatives and the Senate. Minister Berendsen: “With this commitment, the Netherlands demonstrates allied solidarity and contributes to European cooperation in the protection of the international legal order.” Minister Yeşilgöz-Zegerius: “HNLMS…