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The Trump administration is reportedly planning to sell Israel an approximate $2.8 billion munitions package including tens of thousands of 2,000-pound bombs. The package includes 20,000 MK 84 and 20,000 BLU-117 bomb bodies, according to an unnamed official who told Reuters on the condition of anonymity due to the sale not yet being made public. The Washington Post first reported the transaction. It has been informally communicated to the congressional committees that weigh in on large arms sales, an early step in the process rather than a formal approval. Both the MK 84 and the BLU-117 are versions of the…

ISTANBUL — A Turkish-made aircraft has received a Military Type Certificate guaranteeing airworthiness and safety standards, a process conducted for the first time entirely by Turkish personnel, the country’s Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB) has announced.As part of the certification activities for the Hürkus-II , engineers worked across 12 separate certification disciplines, during which 1,790 certification requirements were verified, 950 certification evidence documents were technically reviewed, and a total of 153 certification tests were conducted, officials said.Hürkus-II is the second-generation version of TUSAŞ’s turboprop trainer aircraft, developed for the Turkish Air Force’s basic training requirement. It features an updated airframe…

ERA (a member of OMNIPOL Group), a leading provider of multistatic passive surveillance and tracking technologies, with HawkEye 360, the global leader in signals intelligence data and analytics, announced a strategic collaboration today. Under this collaboration, ERA will work alongside HawkEye 360 as an international processing partner for automated terrestrial and maritime radar products derived from HawkEye 360’s radio frequency (RF) data.The partnership brings together the companies’ complementary capabilities to provide defense and security customers with faster, more efficient access to mission-relevant RF insights. By combining HawkEye 360’s space-based signals intelligence, automated geolocation, and RF analytics with ERA’s integration and…

Imagine trying to fight an air battle when your radar suddenly fills with false targets, communications become unreliable, and the signals you trusted a few seconds ago no longer make sense. No missile has to be launched. No fighter has to cross the border. The battle can begin simply by controlling what the enemy can, and cannot, see, hear, and understand.That is the strange power of electronic warfare.The best electronic warfare aircraft are not judged only by speed, payload, or how many missiles they can carry. Their real weapon is the electromagnetic spectrum. These aircraft can detect hostile emissions, interfere…

The TESEO MK2/E evolved missile system successfully performed a validation firing as part of a multi-year development programme for the Italian Navy. The test successfully validated the missile’s range, during an approximately 20-minute piloted cruise flight of the TESEO MK2/E. The trial validates the overall design of this new generation anti-ship system and paves the way for a swift conclusion of the development phase. This will allow the programme to smoothly enter the production phase, within the time frame agreed with the customer, targeting a first delivery in 2028. This milestone represents a key step in the qualification process, following…

The stalemate in the Strait of Hormuz calls for a new approach. Fighting continues to flare in the Gulf and beyond, while US President Donald Trump has declared that his war with Iran will not end until after the US midterm elections in November. In the meantime, the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global energy chokepoint, remains in a state of suspended animation, with only a handful of vessel crossings recorded daily, compared with more than one hundred before the war. For six months, the United States has pursued aggressive military and economic measures to compel Iran to reopen the…

Tom Aspinall at UFC 321 | Jeff Bottari, Zuffa LLC Demetrious Johnson walked away from fighting with his body mostly intact, and he’s hoping Tom Aspinall can do the some. And possibly sooner than fans might expect. On Monday, Aspinall officially vacated his UFC heavyweight title following a tumultuous 11-month period in which he saw a championship defense against Ciryl Gane end in a no-contest due to Aspinall being unable to continue due to an eye-poke, subsequently require surgeries to address his eye injuries, watch Gane win an interim title in his absence, and now he faces an uncertain timetable…

Plans by the U.S. Marine Corps in recent years to reorganize itself for small-unit expeditionary warfare have drawn fire from traditionalists who worry the service’s capabilities will be gutted in the process. For some Chinese naval officers, however, the prospect of facing missile-equipped Marine Stand-In Forces, or SIF, on Pacific islands is concerning. “The USMC’s continuous refinement of the SIF concept and optimization of deployment and operational employment will erode our land-enabled advantages in sea denial, make it more difficult for us to breach island chain blockades, induce rapid depletion of our combat resources, and complicate our operating environment,” according…

Top Air Force officials on Monday praised the service’s next-gen fighter jet for demonstrating its ability to sustain intense combat operations during Operation Epic Fury and Operation Midnight Hammer.Speaking at the Air & Space Forces Association’s 2026 Air, Space & Cyber Conference, Maj. Gen. Brian Laidlaw and Col. Charles A. Fallon touted the F-35 Lightning II fleet’s ability to execute missions during armed conflict several months after an independent watchdog questioned the jet’s combat readiness.“When properly resourced, we showed without a doubt how well this airplane can perform in combat,” said Laidlaw.The officials listed several positives the jet demonstrated during…

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Burlington has expanded several on-site solar installations across its distribution center network as the retailer looks to lower operating costs and environmental impact, according to a 2025 Corporate Social Responsibility report published this year. By the conclusion of fiscal year 2025, which ended Jan. 31, 2026, Burlington advanced plans for on-site solar systems at its new distribution center in Ellabell, Georgia, as well as an upcoming facility to be built in Arizona, per the report. The company did not provide…