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Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Tractor Supply has partnered with Instacart to offer same-day delivery from over 2,400 stores in as fast as an hour, according to a July 14 announcement. The capability can help rural Tractor Supply customers access delivery of everyday essentials like pet food and farm animal feed via Instacart, the announcement said. Customers can also order ranch products, garden essentials, tools and hardware through the offering. “Our partnership with Instacart provides customers with another seamless way to shop Tractor Supply, combining the products…

Bullfrog Autonomous Weapon Station to Be Integrated Into Marine Corps Formations for Counter-Drone MissionsAUSTIN, Texas—Allen Control Systems (ACS) today announced that the U.S. Marine Corps has selected its Bullfrog™ autonomous weapon system under the service’s Ground Based Air Defense (GBAD) program to counter the growing threat of low-cost weaponized drones. The GBAD program equips Marines with fully integrated air defense solutions that detect, track, and defeat airborne threats, including drones, missiles, and aircraft. The Marine Corps will integrate Bullfrog into the Light Marine Air Defense Integrated System (L-MADIS), the service’s most expeditionary counter-drone platform, through a prototype Other Transaction Agreement…

WARSAW, Poland — The Bulgarian parliament’s Defence Committee has voted to approve a draft decision enabling U.S. tanker aircraft to support military operations against Iran from an air base on the Balkan country’s territory. The decision comes despite thinly veiled threats from Iranian officials who warned Sofia against aiding Washington.The committee’s July 21 vote follows a U.S. diplomatic note submitted to the Bulgarian government. In the note, Washington requested Sofia’s approval for the deployment of up to eight Boeing KC-135 tanker aircraft and up to 250 U.S. troops with related gear at Bezmer Air Base in eastern Bulgaria between July…

LONDON—Private capital is becoming a key part of the defense industrial bases on both sides of the Atlantic, but distinct “cultural differences” in the UK may stymie progress, finance experts say. Asked what the UK could learn from how private capital has rallied behind defense tech in the U.S. in recent years, Fiona Walters, CEO of Serco’s UK and Europe business, cited a sense of enthusiasm to move quickly—and to persist even when things get hard. “There’s optimism on the part of the government, there’s optimism on the part of business, and there is this, kind of, leaning in to [say] ‘OK,…

We just reviewed Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game with an extremely positive rating, but it seems some players won’t get to hop onto the game as anticipated. Paramount Games and Gameplay Group International has announced some unfortunate news about Avatar Legends hours before the game was set to release. According to the teams, the Xbox version of Avatar is delayed outside of the July 23 launch date, and fans on…

  Farnborough International Airshow, July 21, 2026 – Embraer (NYSE: EMBJ/ B3: EMBJ3) and Saab today announced the signing of a Heads of Agreement (HoA) providing a framework for the potential production of 20 additional Gripen aircraft at Embraer’s industrial complex in Gavião Peixoto, São Paulo State, Brazil. Embraer will take responsibility for assembling these aircraft, serving as a complement to Saab’s final assembly line located in Linköping, Sweden, to meet global demand for the Swedish fighter. The agreement marks another milestone in the decade-long partnership between the two companies, increasing delivery capacity within a globally integrated manufacturing model while providing…

The Department of Veterans Affairs has slashed improper payments to private companies that provide medical care to veterans by 98%, reducing the amount from $7.5 billion to $608 million in five years, according to data provided to government auditors by the VA.In a report released Tuesday, Government Accountability Office analysts said that although the VA outlays for the Community Care Program have risen from $9.5 billion in 2020 to $25 billion in 2025, the amount of improper payments have been reduced each year, from 78% of the total in 2020 to 2.4% in 2025.The GAO said improper payments occur when…

The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed its version of a sweeping defense policy bill Wednesday, approving a historic $1.15 trillion budget for the Pentagon amid uncertainty on the future of the Iran war. The increased budget, up from the $900.6 billion authorized last year, raised concerns among lawmakers who felt they should cease funding the war in Iran, especially as the U.S. faces mounting debt.The House passed its fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act in a vote of 216-212, with three representatives sustaining from voting. A large majority of Republicans, 209, voted in favor of the bill, and 205…

Military pay raises of up to 7%, faster health care for transitioning service members and several reforms affecting the U.S. Air Force Academy are one step closer to becoming law after the House of Representatives approved its version of the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act on Tuesday. The annual defense policy bill passed the House 216-212, authorizing roughly $1.15 trillion in national security spending while establishing policy priorities for the Department of Defense for the coming fiscal year. While the legislation still must clear the Senate before reaching President Donald Trump’s desk, the House vote provides the clearest…

LONDON — An unusually warm London sun beat down on the grey body of an aircraft. Sleek and gently curved, an average onlooker taking a cursory glance at the airframe may have assumed it to be a small fighter jet.And it may accompany fighter jets, but no pilot will ever buckle themselves into a seat in the cockpit of a Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat. Australia’s flight-ready uncrewed aircraft made its Farnborough International Airshow debut this week, the static display representing what the company this month said was the first collaborative combat aircraft, or CCA, to participate in a multinational, joint…