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The first military operator has now been signed up to use the Airlander 10 hybrid airship. (Hybrid Air Vehicles) Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) has secured its first military client for the Airlander 10 hybrid airship. The UK company announced the development on 23 October, saying that three airships had been reserved for use by an undisclosed military. “HAV, the designer of Airlander, a fuel-efficient hybrid aircraft with dual-use applications, has today announced the reservation of a further three aircraft, representing the first Airlander 10 aircraft destined for defence use,” it said. News of the reservation came two years after HAV,…

Ernest J. Moniz served as the 13th U.S. Secretary of Energy and is Co-Chair and CEO of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a nonprofit, nonpartisan global security organization focused on reducing nuclear, biological, and emerging technology threats imperiling humanity. Watching as the fictional president is evacuated from Washington in Director Kathryn Bigelow’s film, “A House of Dynamite,” brought me back to my own helicopter ride to an underground bunker as Secretary of Energy. Fortunately, my ride was a test-run for ensuring continuity of government in the event of a nuclear attack — but as the film underscores, one wrong move could…

News October 23, 2025 Dan Taylor Technology Editor Military Embedded Systems Image via AV HUNTSVILLE, Alabama. AeroVironment won a $95.9 million contract to deliver its Freedom Eagle (FE-1) kinetic counter-uncrewed aircraft system (C-UAS) missile as part of the U.S. Army’s Long-Range Kinetic Interceptor (LRKI) program, the company announced in a statement. Under the award through the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center’s Aviation & Missile Technology Consortium, AeroVironment will produce and deliver FE-1 to support the Army’s Next-Generation C-UAS Missile initiative, the statement reads. According to the company, FE-1 is designed to engage Group 2 and 3…

Howmet Aerospace stock has experienced a modest upward revision in its price target, with analysts increasing the fair value from $206.38 to $211.99. This change reflects greater confidence in the company’s strategies and a slight adjustment in risk outlook, as the discount rate moved from 7.74% to 7.76%. Stay tuned to discover how you can remain informed about future shifts in Howmet Aerospace’s investment narrative as the landscape evolves. Analyst commentary following Howmet Aerospace’s recent quarterly results has largely focused on the company’s execution and strategic positioning, resulting in significant price target upgrades from major firms. 🐂 Bullish Takeaways BofA…

A few moments after you start playing Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, you’ll already be thrown into the fray against various enemies. After the game quickly teaches you the basic mechanics, you’ll constantly start finding yourself in rooms with ghouls and other enemies, making combat an important factor. While the combat might look simple at the start, it has a lot more layers than you’d expect. If you simply try to defeat enemies with normal attacks, you’ll start having a hard time as the difficulty of the game increases, but these tips will help you keep up with it…

Defense tech company Shield AI has announced a new autonomous drone designed to work alongside Air Force pilots.

New questions are emerging about why there were no public warnings before the U.S. Marines fired over Interstate 5 and a major regional commuter rail line as a test run a day before the 250th birthday celebration for the Corps at Camp Pendleton.Friday’s exercise occurred during normal freeway and train operations amid the evening commute — and without any of the precautions taken Saturday, when officials temporarily closed the 5 and suspended rail service. On that day, shrapnel landed on a California Highway Patrol cruiser and motorcycle after an artillery shell exploded in midair prematurely, prompting an investigation from the…

It’s been a little over a week since Armor King joined Tekken 8 as its latest DLC fighter via the version 2.06 patch. This patch featured a few adjustments, but the meta has largely remained the same for Tekken 8. Due to this, TheMainManSWE recently felt confident enough to release a new tier list for Tekken 8. This tier list even includes the placement of Armor King, which gives us an idea on how relevant he’ll likely be…

Aspen Pharmacare’s Dr Stavros Nicolaou DURBAN, South Africa — A top executive at Africa’s biggest drug company shared a few home truths with the continent’s health policymakers about the obstacles to local manufacturing at the Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA) 2025. Aspen Pharmacare’s Dr Stavros Nicolaou blamed regulatory bottlenecks and procurement policies for the failure of drug manufacturers on the continent to realise their potential. “It is unacceptable for African manufacturers to undergo a six-year [qualification] process before you get to market. We can do this in half the time,” he told a conference plenary session on local…

A heavily up-armored Russian turtle tank wrapped in layers of add-on metal plating ate around 25 Ukrainian mines and first-person-view drones before the 26th munition—an FPV drone—finally disabled it during an assault toward the city of Siversk in eastern Ukraine.The tanks’ durability underscores an important truth as Russia shifts back to vehicular assaults after a year of mostly infantry-led operations. On average, it takes around eight drones to disable a tank. It takes just two to disable the kind of light vehicle—a golf cart, four-wheeler, motorcycle or even a compact car—the infantry favor for their un-armored assaults.Russian mechanized columns stand…