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The UK’s Project Siren initiative focused on using cloud computing to integrate and fuse air and maritime radar pictures to improve situational awareness, and command and control. (Thomas Withington) A project has concluded in the United Kingdom (UK) evaluating methods by which the networking of radars can help improve air and maritime situational awareness, and command and control. Project SIREN (System for Integrated Radar Early Response Networking), as the initiative was dubbed, commenced in April 2024 and concluded in 2025, according to a spokesperson from the UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL). DSTL was one of the participants in…

UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier became the latest former or current UFC star to respond to boxing champion Shakur Stevenson. Boxing superstar Shakur Stevenson ruffled some feathers with comments he made earlier this week about Mixed Martial Arts and the UFC. Stevenson, sitting alongside Terence Crawford while on influencer Adin Ross’ stream, publicly called out Ilia Topuria and claimed boxing is superior to MMA. This prompted a strong response from UFC welterweight Joaquin Buckley, who said he ‘could kill’ Stevenson or Crawford in a no-holds-barred fight. Buckley is one of the top knockout artists in modern MMA. Enter UFC…

Dricus du Plessis knows there’s a lot on the line in his next fight.It’s been six months since du Plessis lost the middleweight title to Khamzat Chimaev in humbling fashion, with the undefeated Chimaev sweeping the scorecards in their UFC 319 main event clash. With the 185-pound division in flux, du Plessis has been waiting for the right time to return, and he has his eye on the UFC’s April 11 UFC 327 event in Miami.“I’ll be ready for April,” du Plessis told Fight Forecast. “I would love to be on that April card, the Miami card. There’s no opponent…

Indian Air Force Dassault Rafale multirole fighter aircraft. Credit: dilurakesh/Shutterstock.com. The Indian Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has on 12 February 2026 accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for a series of procurement proposals estimated at Rs3.6tn ($39.6bn). For the Indian Air Force (IAF), the DAC authorised the acquisition of Multi Role Fighter Aircraft (MRFA), identified locally as Rafale, along with Combat Missiles and an Air-Ship Based High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (AS-HAPS). Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more While the Ministry of Defence (MoD) did…

Rijeka-born Vitomir Maričić, who is a member of the Croation national freediving team, has set a Guinness World Record for the heaviest underwater squat. Lifting a weighted barbell clocking in at 300kg (661.4 pounds), Maričić worked on his strength to secure this unprecedented official achievement. On dry land, the freediving star is known to muscle-up as much as 210kg and used this as a base for his herculean efforts while submerged underwater. “We increased the load gradually, 220, then 260, and finally 300kg,” he told his homeland’s HRT Magazine. “It was challenging, but we made it.” While the water element…

On February 12, India’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for various proposals worth a total of $40 billion including acquisition of six P-8I MPAs for the Navy and 114 Rafale fighters for the IAF. AoNs were granted by the DAC for various projects of the triservices and Indian Coast Guard (ICG) with the net estimated value of about ₹3.60 lakh crore ($40 billion). IAF is all set to add to its previous order of 36 Rafales in 2016. Under the Multi Role Fighter Aircraft (MRFA) {Rafale} project, 114 Rafales are planned to be acquired with about…

House Democrats examined the fallout from the Trump administration’s agency workforce cuts and potential congressional measures to rebuild the civil service and strengthen executive branch oversight during a Thursday hearing with good government experts and former employees.“If you just put it in place like before or leave it like it is, it’s clear that someone like Donald Trump — who doesn’t care about the law, doesn’t care about ethics, doesn’t care about norms or traditions — will just run roughshod over it,” said Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md. Several speakers condemned the recent finalization of Schedule Policy/Career (formerly Schedule F), which would remove…

MUNICH — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio attempted to defuse tension with European allies today, telling them that despite headlines saying otherwise, it is not Washington’s “goal, nor our wish,” to end the transatlantic era.During a hotly anticipated speech here at the Munich Security Conference, Rubio said “the fate of Europe will never be irrelevant to our own national security,” offering reassurance to a region on edge over the Trump administration’s combative approach to issues including Greenland, Arctic security and trade. “For us Americans, our home may be in the Western Hemisphere, but we will always be a child…

Vienna, 13 February 2026: The Hellenic Navy has signed a contract to procure ship-based CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) to be deployed on the Hellenic Navy’s Frégate de Défense et d’Intervention (FDI) Belharra-class frigates, namely HS (Hellenic Ship) Kimon, Nearchos and Formion. The HS (Hellenic Ship) Kimon, which arrived in Greece in January 2026, will be equipped with the CAMCOPTER® S-100 in spring 2026. Another system will be operated from land and used for training, as well as to enhance operator proficiency. The training of the initial Greek CAMCOPTER® S-100 crews is scheduled to be completed in spring 2026.…

Staff Sgt. Francisco Orozco, a recruiter based in Schaumburg, has been named the Illinois Army National Guard’s Recruiting and Retention Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) of the Year for the second consecutive year. The announcement was made at the annual Illinois Army National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion Awards Banquet in Springfield on Jan. 31. In addition to this statewide honor, Orozco was also named to the prestigious National Guard Bureau Director’s 54. The Director’s 54 award honors the top Army National Guard recruiter from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and three U.S. territories. Orozco earned this distinction…