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Three people who observed federal immigration enforcement during the Trump administration’s sometimes-violent surge said in a federal lawsuit filed Friday that the Homeland Security Department illegally recorded them and revoked their status in the department’s trusted traveler programs.The suit, filed in the Southern District of California, says the administration violated a federal privacy law, administrative law and the First Amendment by targeting people who observed and protested aggressive immigration enforcement, including during the deadly operation in Minneapolis in January. The Electronic Privacy Information Center, a legal group that advocates for privacy issues related to technology, is also a plaintiff in the case.Amid a nationwide…

The Elbit Air Keeper solution brings together all ISTAR and EW capabilities and is designed to be compatible to various business and civil platforms. Elbit System’s innovation stands out in its ability to seamlessly coordinate diverse components. It ensures co-existence for each system, sensor, and radar to operate smoothly and efficiently, without interfering with one another, it also enables bi-directional connection to an EW ground control centre via satellite to provide the decision-makers with a complete, real-time, uninterrupted intelligence picture of the arena. According to the Israeli company, at times of peace, this solution can essentially serve as an intelligence…

Taiwan produces the world’s most advanced semiconductors, yet the island’s own military is only in the opening stages of adopting artificial intelligence systems. This mismatch bears directly on Taiwan’s ability to deter Chinese aggression.Beijing is pushing to develop and field sophisticated AI-enabled military capabilities. Given China’s focus on “reuniting” with Taiwan, the Taiwanese military could be the first to contend with the People’s Liberation Army’s emerging defense technologies during a potential conflict. Should the United States, and possibly allied forces, come to the island’s defense, a coalition would benefit from having access to AI-enabled military systems that share data and…

A rifle can be beautifully engineered, packed with advanced technology, and still fail the one test that matters most: what happens when everything goes wrong?Mud gets into the action. Magazines are dropped. Soldiers carry the weapon for hours through heat, rain, dust, and exhaustion. At that point, the label “best assault rifle” means more than impressive specifications on a product sheet. It means a weapon that continues to perform when conditions are anything but ideal.That is why ranking the best assault rifles in the world is surprisingly difficult. One rifle may be exceptionally accurate, while another is famous for surviving…

Syria’s leadership views the new parliament, which convened for the first time this month, as a mechanism to rebuild the country’s institutions, rather than to check the presidency’s power. Nonetheless, the chamber could help democratize the new political order by providing different communities greater access to the state and offering a formal channel to express and negotiate disagreements, if the authorities give members room to dissent and influence legislation. Syria’s first post-Assad People’s Assembly met on July 12, in a capital still reeling from a bombing that killed ten people days earlier. President Ahmed al-Sharaa asked its members to make…

Wiz Khalifa may be best known for making hits, but John Wood thinks the rapper could make some noise in the Muay Thai ring, too. After working with Khalifa in training, the respected MMA coach believes amateur or regional opponents could have a rough night if “Wiz the fighter” ever decides to lace up for real. “I’ve had a few sessions with Wiz Khalifa and man that guy is legit,” Wood said during an appearance with Home of Fight’s Jake Noecker. “If he decides to take on some amateur or regional fights that dude is going to kick some serious…

Recovered missile debris highlights the operational impact of the AGM-188A Rusty Dagger, Ukraine’s high-survivability, long-range strike weapon. On June 6, Russian military forces recovered a Controlled Reception Pattern Antenna (CRPA) from missile wreckage found inside Russia. The antenna, sourced back to Zone 5 Technologies — a company recently purchased by Norway’s Kongsberg — by an identifying CAGE code on the debris. That identified antenna was the guidance element of an AGM-188A Rusty Dagger low-cost cruise missile — a weapon currently competing in the U.S. Air Force’s Extended Range Attack Munition and Family of Affordable Mass Munitions competitions. Russian media and…

Credit: Defense FeedsDefense Feeds, Washington, D.C. – U.S. Army selects Dire Wolf UGV for autonomous logistics, taking another step toward integrating robotic ground vehicles into battlefield sustainment operations.The selection of the Dire Wolf unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) under the BLADES initiative reflects the Army’s effort to automate supply distribution, reduce risks to personnel and improve logistics in contested operational environments.The program is part of a broader modernization strategy focused on using autonomous systems to support frontline forces while maintaining the uninterrupted flow of supplies during high-intensity operations. U.S. Army Selects Dire Wolf UGV for Autonomous LogisticsThe decision that U.S. Army…

The unprecedented breach of a technology vendor by autonomous artificial intelligence agents is serving to underscore governmentwide efforts to streamline federal cloud security and prioritize faster patching of critical software vulnerabilities. OpenAI confirmed this week that its advanced AI training models broke out of their test environment and then hacked into the networks of start-up vendor Hugging Face. The incident is the latest AI cybersecurity development driving policy conversations across Washington. Pete Waterman, director of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) at the General Services Administration, pointed to the Hugging Face incident as a landmark moment for cybersecurity…

NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan — U.S. President Donald Trump is still holding off approval of a $14 billion weapons package for Taiwan, a potential military rival to Beijing. He pulled back in May after meeting his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, who opposes U.S. military aid to Taiwan.But on July 15, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that includes $500 million in Foreign Military Financing for Taiwan, one in a chain of Pacific Rim allies that U.S. officials have long seen as a buffer against Chinese military expansion.While the half-billion-dollar allocation in the 2027 fiscal year appropriations bill does…