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As the federal government’s human resources agency, the Office of Personnel Management frequently posts information on its social media about subjects like performance ratings and retirement processing. On Aug. 6, however, OPM shared a post on its X account of an IMAX theater showing a video encouraging young people to apply to work at agencies with the caption: “Learning why you should join the federal government the way Christopher Nolan intended.” The post is referencing the movie director’s decision to shoot “The Odyssey,” his latest box office hit, entirely with IMAX cameras. It also includes a link to a government early career…

The Hanwha K9-MC is a truck-mounted 155mm howitzer based on the highly successful K9 Thunder tracked self-propelled howitzer. (Hanwha Aerospace)Hanwha Defense USA, a subsidiary of South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace, was awarded a contract by the US Army to provide its Mobile Tactical Cannon (MTC). The MTC is a wheeled, mobile 155mm artillery system intended to replace towed M777 howitzers. Under the contract, Hanwha will deliver six prototypes, with an option for an additional twelve. The initial contract is valued at up to US$262.9 million. Prototypes will, according to the US Army, be delivered for “a series of operational experiments to…

Across contemporary battlefields, inexpensive drones increasingly operate as components of distributed systems that combine software processing, computing hardware, and tactical networks to accelerate AI-enabled detection, analysis, and engagement. These technologies are evolving rapidly, and many of their future applications are still unknown. What is already clear, however, is that technological advantage alone will not determine success. As military history repeatedly demonstrates, competitive advantage ultimately depends upon developing the people capable of employing new technologies more effectively than their adversaries. The US Army’s approach to tactical drone operations reflects this enduring challenge. Although investment continues to accelerate, the associated personnel management…

A U.S. Air Force flight enroute to Antarctica turned around to New Zealand after being notified of “potentially hazardous” space activity this week.New Zealand’s Civil Aviation Authority was aware the flight from Christchurch pivoted following the agency’s issue of a Notice to Airmen, or NOTAM, to the aircraft, a CAA spokesperson told Military Times.The Russian Air Traffic Management Corporation notified the CAA of the space activity, the spokesperson said, causing the authority to issue the NOTAM to the U.S. Air Force flight.In a follow-up statement, the spokesperson said that the CAA was made aware by the Russian air traffic agency…

At first glance, the CheyTac M200 Intervention looks almost too specialized to be practical. It is enormous, unusually shaped, and built around a problem most rifles never have to solve: maintaining precision at distances measured in miles rather than hundreds of yards.Introduced in the early 2000s, the M200 was conceived as part of an extreme-long-range system rather than simply another heavy sniper rifle.CheyTac’s approach combined the rifle with purpose-developed ammunition and ballistic technology, creating a platform intended to push precision well beyond the range normally associated with conventional sniper rifles.That distinction matters. The M200 Intervention isn’t famous merely because it…

Two rocks surrounded by coral, with a total land size of less than 10 square meters (approximately 108 square feet) at high tide, are the entire basis on which Japan claims a 150,000-square-mile exclusive economic zone, an area nearly the size of Japan itself. The uninhabited feature, located more than 1,000 miles south of Tokyo, is called Okinotori.In late July, Japan protested Sino-Russian live-fire drills held within the exclusive economic zone it claims around Okinotori. Tokyo cited the safety risks the drills posed to nearby vessels, but its broader objection was to Beijing’s claim that Okinotori is merely a rock…

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. The aircraft carrier USS George Washington transited the Arabian Sea today after arriving in the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) region yesterday, the command announced via X. The move was designed to relieve the overworked USS Abraham Lincoln and comes as the U.S. continues to maintain a naval blockade of Iranian ports amid ongoing tensions with Tehran. However, the deployment also leaves the U.S. bereft of aircraft carriers in the western Pacific, at least for the moment, highlighting the strain on one of…

Ketlen Vieira was a top-ranked bantamweight in the UFC ever since she beat Sara McMann and Cat Zingano nearly a decade ago, and stayed among the elite until the UFC decided not to offer her a new deal following a win over Jacqueline Cavalcanti this past May. For Vieira, it’s still hard to wrap her head around that“unbelievable” call.It didn’t take long for Vieira to find a new home, signing with PFL to face their featherweight champion Cris Cyborg in the main event of PFL Tampa on Aug. 22. Moments away from one of her ultimate dream fights, Vieira opened…

A sailor assigned to the Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy faces multiple charges, including murder and manslaughter, following the shooting death of another sailor earlier this summer. According to a recently released charge sheet, Aviation Boatswain’s Mate Jayjrion L. Rodriguez is accused of killing Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Jesse Braswell on June 6. He allegedly pointed his service pistol at his head and shot him. The two men were aboard the Kennedy serving as part of the ship’s in-port security forces during the incident, USNI News reported. Afterward, Rodriguez was placed in pre-trial confinement before being released…