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Archie Colgan has been not so quietly waiting for his title opportunity and he finally gets his chance when he faces lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov in the PFL New York main event Friday.With an undefeated record and coming from the same camp as UFC lightweight champion Justin Gaethje, Colgan has been chasing this fight ever since he was in Bellator, but his climb to the top took a little longer than expected. Colgan admits it angered him a little bit to watch other contenders get that opportunity while he was still waiting, but he’s putting all that behind him now…

Credit: USAF/Sgt. Natalie FiorilliDefense Feeds, Washington, D.C. – The OA-1K Skyraider II strengthens U.S. Special Operations readiness by introducing a dedicated armed overwatch aircraft tailored to support the unique operational requirements of U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC).Designed to deliver persistent surveillance, close air support and precision engagement, the aircraft provides special operations forces with an adaptable platform capable of operating in challenging and austere environments.The introduction of the OA-1K reflects the U.S. military’s continued focus on fielding specialized aircraft that complement high-end combat systems while providing cost-effective capabilities for irregular warfare, security cooperation and expeditionary missions.Last week, I…

Nikoladze quoted in Al Jazeera on India’s trade-off between energy security and US tariff risk. – Atlantic Council In the News July 31, 2026 • 9:46am ET Print this page Share this page ERROR MESSAGE HEADING ERROR MESSAGE SUBHEADING ERROR MESSAGE CONTENT ERROR MESSAGE INFO Oops… It looks like we’re having a technical issue. If refreshing the page doesn’t resolve the issue you could try clearing the sites browser cache. Pro Tip: If you’re on a laptop or desktop you can flush everything the browser currently has cached for the site by simply holding down the Shift key…

Trending:Daniel Cormier doubts Dricus du Plessis gets next middleweight title shot due to history with Sean Stricklandgeorgesstpierre on InstagramUFC legend Georges St-Pierre has revealed the fight that made him feel the most anxious during his run with the promotion. When you talk about the greatest of all time, Georges St-Pierre simply has to feature in the conversation. The former welterweight and middleweight champion achieved some unbelievable things in his mixed martial arts run, and you won’t find many people who deny that. RELATED: Georges St-Pierre breaks down Islam Makhachev vs Ian Machado Garry Of course, one thing we also know…

The UK Government has awarded a new £5.9bn contract to BAE Systems funding critical work to progress the nation’s Dreadnought Class nuclear deterrent submarines towards entry into service. BAE Systems press release Work on first of class, Dreadnought, continues apace at BAE Systems’ shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, ready for delivery to the Royal Navy in the early 2030s.   The contract also covers continued progress on the build of boat two, Valiant, and fabrication and outfitting of the remaining two boats, Warspite and King George VI, which are in the early stages of construction. The four-boat Dreadnought Class programme will replace…

Credit: Defense FeedsDefense Feeds, Bangkok – The Thai T-84 Oplot-T tank adopts anti-drone mesh, illustrating how lessons from recent conflicts are influencing armored vehicle protection worldwide. The addition of foldable anti-drone mesh to the Royal Thai Army’s main battle tanks reflects the growing recognition that unmanned aerial systems have fundamentally changed the threat environment facing armored formations.As drones become increasingly capable and widely available, militaries are reassessing how tanks and other armored vehicles can improve survivability against aerial threats that were once considered secondary on the battlefield. Thai T-84 Oplot-T Tank Adopts Anti-Drone MeshThe decision through which the Thai T-84…

Ambiguity—vague language, mixed messaging, frequent policy shifts—has been a hallmark of the United States’ approach to the war in Iran. From almost the moment the conflict began, U.S. President Donald Trump has vacillated over its purpose, what risks he might be willing to take, and what the United States would consider victory. He has threatened to destroy Iranian civilization, then promptly signed a cease-fire agreement. He has floated the possibility of taking Kharg Island, the hub of Iran’s oil industry, only to quickly walk it back. And he has discussed imposing a 20 percent toll on shipping through the Strait…

Chinese military researchers have used outputs from leading U.S. artificial intelligence models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic to train domestic AI systems to advance China’s defense capabilities, according to a Reuters review of more than 80 Chinese academic papers and patents.The previously unreported findings offer a rare glimpse into how military and security-linked institutions in China are leveraging cutting-edge U.S. AI models as a shortcut to developing specialised systems of their own, despite Washington’s efforts to restrict Beijing’s access to advanced chips and other strategic technologies.The documents show widespread use of a technique known as “model distillation,” in which outputs…

China is watching carefully as Russia and North Korea deepen their military ties. In this report, the authors examine China’s evolving position regarding this partnership and assess its implications for the U.S.–Republic of Korea (ROK) alliance. Drawing on Chinese, Russian, and Western academic and policy sources, the authors find that Beijing’s primary objective is to preserve strategic flexibility amid intensifying great-power competition, and Beijing takes an official approach toward the Russia–North Korea partnership that combines strategic caution, reputational management, and deliberate ambivalence. The authors also examine how Russian and Chinese narratives on the partnership diverge, sometimes sharply. Russian analysts tend…

FARNBOROUGH, England—Two years ago, the Army changed its mind about buying a new attack helicopter. Now, one of the finalists in that canceled effort is pitching its tech to NATO.“We called that Raider-X for the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program for the U.S. Army. I ran that aircraft chained to the ground, getting ready to go do a flight test in that aircraft. Our competitor, Bell Helicopter, built the Invictus helicopter. And the Army canceled the program. So we never got to fly that aircraft,” said Bill Fell, test pilot for Sikorsky, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin. The S-97 Raider helicopter…