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As nations increasingly develop and deploy dual-use space systems — those capable of serving both civilian and military objectives — the international community may consider governance mechanisms to address their potential risks, including miscalculation and escalation in space. This report marks the first phase of a three-year project aimed at assessing those risks and offering policy recommendations to the United States and its allies on the development and enforcement of a global governance regime. In this report, the authors present the findings of a literature review in which they examined the landscape of national approaches to dual-use space systems across…

PRAGUE — Germany is spearheading an initiative to create a “two-speed” European Union, proposing that a core group of six major economies bypass the bloc’s traditional consensus-based decision-making to accelerate defense cooperation and industrial competitiveness amid mounting geopolitical pressures.German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil and his French counterpart, Roland Lescure, jointly convened finance ministers from Poland, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands on Jan. 28 for a video conference to establish what is being called the E6 format of the six leading European economies.“Now is the time for a Europe of two speeds,” Klingbeil said at a Berlin event ahead of the…

Elbit America to Continue Delivering Night Vision Systems to USMC through 2027 Squad Binocular Night Vision Goggle systems allow Marines superior situational awareness no matter where the mission takes place FORT WORTH, TEXAS – Jan. 28, 2026 – Elbit Systems of America (Elbit America) received a delivery order valued at approximately $74.4 million for Squad Binocular Night Vision Goggle (SBNVG) systems from Marine Corps Systems Command. The SBNVG systems will be produced at the company’s facility in Roanoke, Virginia through 2027. The delivery order was placed under a multi-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract valued at roughly $500 million secured…

“The Highlight” Justin Gaethje won the interim lightweight title last Saturday, defeating Paddy Pimblett via unanimous decision in the UFC 324 main event.Pimblett was knocked down and badly hurt several times throughout the bout but managed to stay in the fight and inflict damage until the end. Despite losing to Gaethje, UFC commentator and former two-division champion Daniel Cormier believes Pimblett won over fans and silenced the doubters. “Very rarely does a guy elevate in a loss as much as I believe Paddy Pimblett will elevate in this loss,” Cormier said on his YouTube channel. “So many people wanted to call him a hype job. So…

Product January 28, 2026 Image: Holt Integrated Circuits ALISO VIEJO, Calif. Holt Integrated Circuits announced the launch of its HI-85104, what is says is the world’s first quad ARINC 429 line driver, a part that Holt describes as enabling aerospace designers to achieve higher channel density while reducing board area, component count, and design complexity. The HI-85104 integrates four fully independent ARINC 429 transmit channels into a compact 6 mm × 6 mm QFN package, replacing four discrete single-channel line drivers with a single device. Compared to traditional implementations, the HI-85104 can reduce board area by up to 30%, making it ideal for space-constrained, high-channel-count applications such…

Birmingham City Council’s SAP-to-Oracle project is set to cost £144.4 million – more than seven times earlier estimates – as it waits for a fully functioning system five years after its planned go-live date. Keen Reg readers will know the sorry saga of the ERP disaster at Europe’s largest local authority. For the uninitiated, highlights include going live with a system unfit to manage the council’s £3 billion in taxpayer revenue and multibillion-pound spending budget; a decision to turn off audits for fraud detection for more than 18 months; allocating £2 billion in transactions to the wrong year; and multiple…

Power doesn’t always announce itself with parades and flyovers. Sometimes it hums quietly in the background, embedded in ports, politics, proxy groups, and production lines. That’s where the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) lives. And if you’ve ever wondered how powerful is the IRGC, you’re asking the right question, but probably the wrong way.Most military power is easy to picture: tanks rolling, jets screaming overhead, neat columns of soldiers.The IRGC doesn’t really do neat. It does layered. Messy. Strategic in a way that feels more like a spiderweb than a battering ram. Tug one strand in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, or…

In just one month, one of the largest and most exciting SENSHI events will officially open the 2026 fight calendar. SENSHI 30 will take place on February 28, starting at 7:00 PM EET /12:00 PM EST/, at the Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna, Bulgaria. Tickets for the professional fight gala are now available through the network of Eventim.bg. SENSHI 30 will present fight sports fans in Bulgaria and around the world with its next highly anticipated Grand Prix tournament—this time for fighters under 75 kg. For the first time in the organization’s history, a Grand Prix event in…

Introduction This has to be one of the best sales I have come across in the last couple of months, and as someone who’s getting into board games, there’s a lot of game in here for just a couple of dollars. In fact, the Steam Board Game Fest 2026 is the perfect opportunity for strategy and board game enthusiasts to discover some of the best digital adaptations of tabletop classics and innovative new releases. From immersive tactical RPGs like Gloomhaven and Frosthaven to charming puzzle experiences like Dorfromantik, and crazy new concepts like Cultist Simulator, the festival showcases great classic…

Ilia Topuria would emphatically emerge victorious over newly minted UFC interim lightweight champ and ex BMF champ Justin Gaethje according to someone else interwoven within that BMF championship lineage. The combatant in question is the inaugural BMF titleholder, Jorge Masvidal. Gamebred’ spoke about Gaethje’s chances against Topuria now that the former has become the first ever two time interim champ in UFC history after besting Paddy Pimblett in the UFC 324 headliner. Jorge Masvidal discussed this on his podcast Death Row MMA, as Masvidal said [via MMA Junkie], “It’s a good thing Paddy didn’t win, because if he did, he…