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It has recently come to our attention that some antiquated settings on our company email account have been preventing communications outgoing from us to reach some folks with Gmail accounts, and it is possible that the same issue may have affected other emails as well. We apologize for this. If you have tried to contact us and not heard back from us it is probably due to this issue. We are currently trying to go back through communications from the past several months to determine the extent of the problem and to contact folks who may have not received updates…

The U.S. Air Force has chosen the 319th Reconnaissance Wing at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, to spearhead efforts to counter small-drone threats at U.S. military installations, the service announced earlier this month.The initiative, dubbed the Point Defense Battle Lab, will focus on developing and maintaining air supremacy over small unmanned aircraft systems, to include first person view drones, according to a Jan. 8 release. The 184th Wing of the Kansas Air National Guard will provide support to the project, bringing expertise in aerial tracking, surveillance and reconnaissance. In addition to countering drone threats, the effort will focus…

Kayla Harrison is on the road to recovery.The reigning UFC bantamweight champion recently underwent surgery to address a neck injury and she showed off a post-procedure scar Thursday via an Instagram post from her gym, American Top Team.Check out the photo below.Harrison announced she would undergo surgery ahead of a title defense against the returning Amanda Nunes that was scheduled to take place at UFC 324 in Las Vegas this past Saturday. The two-time Olympic gold medal-winning judoka was forced to withdraw from the highly anticipated bout, which is expected to be rescheduled, according to UFC CEO Dana White.A timetable…

After examining more than a hundred wargames and tabletop exercises, the conclusion is unavoidable: The US joint force has a logistics problem. And it does not stem from a lack of effort, insight, or participation. Rather, the real problem is that the board has not moved. Despite repeated play, the joint force’s game pieces—force design choices, posture decisions, assumptions about operational feasibility, and risk decisions—remain largely unchanged, even as wargames have begun to advance the decomposition of contested environments and illuminate the real-world logistics challenges US forces will face under congested and contested conditions. Across the Department of Defense, industry,…

The soft-pedal rollout of the National Defense Strategy—a Friday-night email to press as the Washington, D.C., area braced for a crippling snowstorm—has experts wondering whether there’s an implementation plan to go with it.“My real cynical take is the strategy isn’t worth the paper it’s written on because the president’s going to do whatever he wants and he’s not going to even try to adhere to it, which might be why it was released with such little fanfare,” said Stacie Pettyjohn, a CNAS senior fellow with the Center for a New American Security, which hosted a Wednesday discussion on the strategy.And…

A featherweight championship rematch headlined Saturday’s UFC 325 fight card in Sydney, Australia. Two-time titleholder Alexander Volkanovski puts his title on the line against Diego Lopes.Volkanovski and Lopes first fought last April in the UFC 314 main event. “The Great” won via unanimous decision to become a two-time featherweight titleholder. The rematch will be Volkanovski’s first title defense of his second championship reign. Lopes picked up a TKO win over Jean Silva in September to earn a second fight against the champion.Former welterweight titleholder Belal Muhammad believes Volkanovski put in a near perfect performance in the first fight with Lopes and needs…

This 20-minute HIIT workout is designed specifically for hybrid athletes who want to build conditioning, muscular endurance, and work capacity using simple but brutal movements. Designed by BOXROX Athlete Zach Yovan, this workout combines bodyweight exercises, wall balls, and dumbbells, the session mirrors the demands of HYROX-style racing and CrossFit-style conditioning, making it ideal for athletes who need to move fast under fatigue while maintaining good movement quality. The workout is split into two circuits, performed continuously for time, keeping the heart rate high while challenging the legs, core, and shoulders throughout. Watch the Workout You can follow along with…

A government watchdog nonprofit on Tuesday requested that the inspector general for the Energy Department investigate whether an assistant secretary violated ethics rules for appearing in a jewelry advertisement that used her official title. In the complaint, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington flagged that a 2026 catalog for Trice Jewelers, a Colorado-based business, features Audrey Robertson and identifies her as an assistant Energy secretary. Products in the ad include an 18 karat white gold ring priced at $22,700 as well as a platinum and 18 karat yellow gold ring that interested buyers have to call about to discover the…

Ministry of Defence of Ukraine 27 January, 2026, 5:18 PM EET The Defence Procurement Agency DOT of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine has completed the full digitalization of UAV supply to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The transformation was enabled by the implementation of DOT-Chain Arsenal, a centralized system for managing operational-level supply, ensuring rapid and transparent resource distribution and real-time monitoring. At a later stage, the system will encompass the supply of ammunition, electronic warfare (EW) assets, ground-based vehicles and equipment, clothing and gear, and fuel and lubricants. The system functions at the operational level of supply, covering…

Given the evolving vendor landscape and the increasing methods of integrating AI throughout platforms, organizations interested in leveraging procurement software are understandably interested in cutting through the noise and truly understanding how vendors compare against each other. This is where we are often brought in as analysts. Spend Matters analysts compare procurement technologies, including AI capabilities, what they do and why it matters as their core competency. What has changed is not just the volume of AI claims, but how intelligence is being applied inside procurement tech platforms. Instead of appearing mainly as standalone features, AI is increasingly influencing how…