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Steadicopter’s Black Eagle 50ESteadicopter Ltd., a developer and manufacturer of rotary unmanned aerial systems, today announced a key milestone toward expanded U.S. operations of its Black Eagle 50E unmanned helicopter.The Black Eagle 50E aircraft have completed the airworthiness validation process conducted through the Nevada Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Site (Nevada UASTS), operated by the University of Nevada, Reno. Following the assessment, Nevada UASTS issued an Airworthiness Statement covering all Black Eagle 50E aircraft in the US operated by Steadicopter’s U.S. Demonstration and Operational Readiness Partner, Alchemy Analytics (flyAlchemy).The milestone complements FAA Certificates of Waiver or Authorisation (COAs) supporting operations across…

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland—The advance of Chinese and Russian anti-satellite capabilities led the United States to admit it has weapons in space, the Space Force’s top officer said on Tuesday, adding context to Monday’s bombshell revelation by the Air Force secretary.Deterrence remains the Space Force’s goal, but the service will pursue it from a “position of strength,” Gen. Douglas Schiess said during a keynote address at the Air, Space, and Cyber Conference here. On Monday, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink revealed the U.S. military has “on orbit, space-control weapons.” Schiess, who took over as chief of space operations less than two weeks…

WASHINGTON — As the Army modernizes for large-scale combat operations, its premier combat training centers (CTCs) manage a dual mission: training and validating immediate unit readiness while systematically testing the technologies destined for future battlefields. Speaking during a recent media briefing, Lt. Gen. James P. Isenhower III, commanding general of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Command (CAC), outlined how the command is modernizing training at the National Training Center (NTC) at Fort Irwin, California, and the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) at Fort Polk, Louisiana. Following structural realignments under the Army Transformation Initiative and the establishment of T2COM, CAC regained…

Bottom lines up front WASHINGTON—The House’s September 16 passage of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 is a bipartisan victory for Ukraine and, if signed and implemented, for the United States. The bill passed the Senate on August 7 and, barring procedural hurdles, should now head to President Donald J. Trump’s desk for signature. From there, it gets complicated: Will the administration use it as its sponsors intended, to pressure the Kremlin to end its war against Ukraine? In that case, it could provide muscle to the spotty US negotiating efforts to end the war…

Gable Steveson is serious about Jon Jones wanting to come back to the UFC.Speaking at UFC 331 media day, Steveson confirmed that he spoke with Jones about a possible comeback, and the former light heavyweight champion is interested.“I called Jon today, and he’s honored to have the opportunity to maybe come back,” Steveson said. “He’s always had gold around his waist. It’s cool to have him in my corner. We train every day, one-on-one together.“And I hope Tom gets well. I hope the eye gets healed up the way it should, and maybe he’ll step in the cage again; I’m…

General Dynamics Electric Boat has shared a photo showing the first completed Virginia Payload Module (VPM) for the U.S. Navy’s Block V submarines, expanding strike capacity. General Dynamics Electric Boat posted the first view of the future USS Arizona’s (SSGN-803) Virginia Payload Module (VPM) on Monday, September 14. The completed section is seen floating on a barge, presumably beginning transport towards final assembly at GD Electric Boat’s facility in Groton, Connecticut. The USS Arizona will represent the first submarine in U.S. Navy inventory equipped with the VPM, despite being the second Block V boat to enter service, following the USS…

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. The head of Air Mobility Command (AMC) on Wednesday offered some new details about what went into repairing a KC-135 Stratotanker riddled with shrapnel holes from an Iranian attack. We have previously written about a couple of these jets damaged during Operation Epic Fury (OEF) as they came through RAF Mildenhall in the U.K. on their way back to the U.S. for comprehensive repair work. We are also getting new information of how AMC kept its fleet operating at such a prolonged…

Arman Tsarukyan doesn’t care who Mauricio Ruffy trains with ahead of UFC 331.This Saturday, Tsarukyan takes on Ruffy in a five-round co-main event for UFC 331 in Los Angeles. The bout is potentially a title eliminator, and as such, Ruffy has pulled out all the stops in his preparation, working with UFC champion Alexander Volkanovski and former champion Israel Adesanya. But Tsarukyan doesn’t think that will matter much once the cage door closes.“You cannot compare Adesanya with me, and you cannot compare Volkanovski with me,” Tsarukyan told reporters during UFC 331 Media Day. “They’re completely different fighters. Yeah, he has…

Have you ever tried to load up Storm Eagle Studio’s masterpiece of a naval game, Distant Guns, only to get the error “Last Login attempt failed due to inability to connect to the SES server” because of their horrendous DRM? If so, your prayers have finally been answered. Everyone who knows me knows I’m a huge fan of the Russo-Japanese War. Ever since I read Constantine Pleshakov’s book, The Tsar’s Last Armada: The Epic Journey to the Battle of Tsushima, I’ve been enchanted by the story of Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky aboard his Borodino-class flagship, Knyaz Suvorov, on his journey to…

Senate Democrats again urged the Trump administration Wednesday to abandon its plans to collect detailed health information from federal workers, retirees and their families, saying recent tweaks to “de-identify” records are insufficient to protect employees’ privacy.Last December, the Office of Personnel Management published an information collection request in the Federal Register that would require insurers who participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits and Postal Service Health Benefits programs to provide monthly reports with identifiable health data on their enrollees.Following pushback from federal employee groups and medical ethicists, OPM in June revised its proposal, purporting to take steps to mask…