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Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: General Motors is undertaking several efforts to strengthen its supply chain, including investing in onshoring and rightsizing its battery sourcing, executives said on a July 21 earnings call. The company, which already expects to spend $9 billion on U.S. manufacturing this year, is lining up between $1 billion and $1.5 billion in additional funds to support onshore production in 2027, executives said on the call.  The effort will bring the automaker’s U.S. production capacity to 2 million units and reduce…

News July 30, 2026 Lisa Daigle Assistant Managing Editor Military Embedded Systems Stock image: Pixabay HOBOKEN, N.J. Space and defense technology company Rocket One announced that it will operate under a nonexclusive patent license agreement with the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) covering the Affordable Vehicle Avionics System (AVA), a NASA-developed technology that will serve as the foundation for Rocket One’s planned artificial intelligence (AI)-powered software platform that supports spacecraft mission planning, avionics modeling, simulation and engineering workflows. Under the terms of the agreement, Rocket One secured rights to develop and commercialize software, analytical tools, and technical workflows using…

The Senate on Tuesday night confirmed Jay Clayton to serve as President Donald Trump’s second permanent national intelligence director, replacing an acting chief whose leadership alarmed Democrats and disrupted efforts to renew a major foreign surveillance program.Clayton was confirmed in a 51-47 vote. He will oversee the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which coordinates the work of the nation’s 18 intelligence agencies and serves as the president’s principal intelligence adviser.His confirmation ends Bill Pulte’s roughly six-week tenure as acting director, during which the Trump loyalist presided over repeated personnel cuts and faced accusations that he was politicizing the intelligence…

The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded a new contract for the construction of housing and maintenance support buildings. The USCG awarded the contract, worth $9.8 million, to Orion Construction Inc. of Wasilla, Alaska, to build six housing units and one maintenance support building in Seward, Alaska. These buildings will house Coast Guard personnel and their families so that personnel are prepared and ready for critical missions, the USCG said in a statement. “These new housing units and maintenance facility are essential to supporting our personnel and families as we expand the Coast Guard footprint in Seward,” said Rear Adm. Bob…

Abstract While often overshadowed by its civil war, Yemen faces another destabilizing threat from climate-induced migration from the Horn of Africa. Between one to two hundred thousand people enter Yemen each year. Climate migration creates a vicious climate-violence cycle, where climate migrants move to new locations that presumably offer better economic opportunities. Unfortunately for those who seek to enter Yemen on their way to Gulf States, they are entering a resource-constrained environment home to violent extremist groups and militias. While many migrants will continue onwards, some will be recruited into those organizations, further destabilizing Yemen, and potentially the greater Middle…

The Philippine contingent at Exercise Pitch Black 2026 was represented by four FA-50PH Fighting Eagles from the 5th Fighter Wing, plus 166 personnel. (Roy Choo)Building on their debut at the multinational Exercise Pitch Black in Australia’s Northern Territory in 2024, the Philippines returned for the 2026 iteration with a similarly sized contingent of four Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) FA-50PH fighters and over 160 personnel.Conducted in July-August, the exercise provided the Philippine Air Force (PAF) with an opportunity to practise large-force employment (LFE) alongside – and against – a diverse range of fighter types operated by participating nations across the vast…

At the end of June, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave an interview in which he declared, once again, that Russia would win its war against Ukraine. The Russian army, he said, was advancing along the roughly 800-mile frontline and occupying more Ukrainian land every day. Kyiv, by contrast, was flailing. He acknowledged that the Ukrainian drone strikes torching Russian oil refineries and other critical infrastructure deep behind the frontlines were “creating problems.” But Russians would adapt and persevere. “These terrorist attacks have no impact whatsoever on the situation,” he said.If this were 20 months ago, Putin’s confidence would have been…

The U.S. Air Force’s F-47 program has begun its engineering and manufacturing development phase and will fly in the coming years, a service official said.The program, described as “extreme teaming” with industry partners, entered the phase with “unprecedented maturity,” Gen. Dale White, director of Critical Major Weapon Systems, said in a Wednesday keynote address at an event in Dayton, Ohio.The engineering and manufacturing phase includes maturing, integrating and testing all parts of the F-47. It will produce a small number of test aircraft for evaluation and includes priced options for low-rate initial production. White did not specify the number of…

According to a document shared by the Instagram account @tropiclightmeme, along with the following message, the US Army has added another authorized skill tab for graduates of Jungle School. Previously it was only authorized or wear in USARPAC. According to the authorizing memorandum, award of the Jungle tab is retroactive to graduates of Jungle Operations Training Center in Panama as well as the school in Hawaii. The memorandum was digitally signed on 22 July, 2026 by Jules W. Hurst III, the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs). Is the Arctic tab next? “We always said you’d hear…

At the UFC Belgrade weigh-ins, all 28 fighters on Saturday’s fight card step on the scale Friday in Belgrade, Serbia. Watch ceremonial weigh-ins above, set to kick off at 11 a.m. ET.In the main event, welterweight knockout artist Uros Medic fights veteran Daniel Rodriguez. Both fighters can weigh no more than the 171-pound limit for their non-title fight.In the co-main event, former UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz fights undefeated short-notice opponent Navajo Stirling. Neither man may weigh more than 206 pounds.Check out the UFC Belgrade weigh-in results below.Main Card (Paramount+ at 2 p.m. ET)Uros Medic vs. Daniel RodriguezJan Blachowicz…