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A rendering of the Royal Air Force’s planned Storm Chrome electronic warfare collaborative combat aircraft. This platform could be employed to perform stand-off, stand-in and escort electronic attack and cyberattack to support RAF and allied suppression/destruction of enemy air defence missions. (UK MoD)Royal Air Force electronic warfare capabilities are expected to receive added enhancement in the coming years via the Storm Chrome initiative.In July the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) announced it had designated the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) destined to equip the Royal Air Force (RAF) as the Storm Fighter. CCAs are uncrewed platforms that can assume several…

This Russian graphic illustrates FPV UAV video jamming tactics. A directional antenna 15km to 30km (nine miles to 18 miles) behind the zero line emits a powerful (circa 100 Watt/50 decibels-per-milliwatt) analogue signal, portrayed in yellow, toward an adversarial ground control station on the other side of this line. (KI Insights)By Ben Remler, defence analyst, KI Insights[1]This article aims to uncover the architecture and functional logic of Russia’s Tishina prototype jammer, while exploring and explaining its relevance to the current tactical and technological landscape of electromagnetic spectrum operations in Ukraine.Details have emerged regarding Tishina (Silence) a Russian prototype jammer presented…

War has always been a brutal engine of medical innovation, running on a feedback loop: Civilian breakthroughs are adapted for the battlefield, while battlefield necessity pushes advances back into civilian care. We asked three experts to identify the innovations from the last five years most likely to shape the future of combat medicine.Read more below.John Quinn Adjunct Lecturer, College of Remote and Offshore Medicine Foundation Medical Volunteer in UkraineThe war in Ukraine has made it clear that the most important combat-medical innovations are not gadgets, but new distributions of risk, skill, and authority. First, blood-forward resuscitation will require moving whole…

Khamzat Chimaev wants the UFC middleweight title back, but more than anything, he wants to get active again and fight sooner rather than later.That’s why Chimaev doesn’t seem all that upset about the rumored fight between current champ Sean Strickland and Nassourdine Imavov, who has been considered the No. 1 contender at 185 pounds for quite some time. While the UFC hasn’t announced anything, rumors began swirling this week that Strickland would defend his belt against Imavov in December rather than a rematch with Chimaev.If that happens, Chimaev doesn’t seem to care too much.“No, there’s no surprise,” Chimaev said on…

The U.S. Navy has experienced some considerable setbacks in recent months, from a power failure on a destroyer in the South China Sea to morale issues aboard the aircraft carrier USS Lincoln. Still, the service has been buoyed by a nationwide recognition that shipbuilding has too long been neglected and the current administration seems to have a variety of innovative maritime strategy concepts, encompassing a new vision for the fleet.Among these ideas, none have been more controversial than the proposed Trump-class battleship.Proponents argue that this new capital ship would bring concentrated fighting power with new high-tech weapons and large magazines…

Kalyani Strategic Systems Ltd. (KSSL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bharat Forge Limited, and FN Herstal, a wholly owned subsidiary of FN Browning Group, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to pursue local manufacturing and industrial cooperation in support of India’s defence requirements. The partnership brings together six decades of Indian advanced engineering and technology-led manufacturing at scale with more than 135 years of global leadership in small arms and integrated weapon systems. Under the MoU, KSSL and FN Herstal will evaluate the establishment of a dedicated production center in India and a Strategic Alliance / Joint Venture covering…

The “Lion of Atlas” is finally here.Former two-division KSW champion Salahdine Parnasse makes his highly anticipated Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) debut against New Zealand madman Dan Hooker in the UFC Paris main event this weekend (Sat., Sept. 5, 2026) inside Accor Arena in Paris, France.For years, Parnasse was widely considered one of the best fighters in the world outside UFC. The French Lightweight could have entered the Octagon much earlier, but he wanted to be compensated properly, and UFC was not willing to meet his asking price at the time.Instead, Parnasse signed a lucrative contract to remain with longtime promotion…

On September 3, 2026, ST Engineering announced the keel-laying ceremony of the third Multi-Role Combat Vessel (MRCV) for the Republic of Singapore Navy The ceremony took place at ST Engineering Marine and was officiated by Singapore’s Permanent Secretary (Defence), Joseph Leong. Republic of Singapore Navy Chief Rear Admiral Sean Wat attended with representatives from the navy, the Defence Science and Technology Agency and ST Engineering Marine. The keel laying followed the July 23 launch of Valour, the second MRCV, at ST Engineering’s Benoi shipyard. The first ship of the class will be named Victory. With the third hull now formally…

Key PointsThe U.S. Navy awarded General Dynamics Missions Systems a $194.1 million contract modification for fire control engineering support on the SLCM-N nuclear missile program.The Navy has set a 2034 target date for delivering the missile, which Congress kept funded after the Biden administration sought to cancel it in 2022.The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Missions Systems a $194.1 million contract modification for engineering support work on the Nuclear-Armed, Sea-Launched Cruise Missile program, according to a Department of War contract announcement. The cost-plus-fixed-fee modification adds to a previously awarded unpriced letter contract and covers technical and engineering support for…

Former U.S. Pardon Attorney Liz Oyer sued the Trump administration Thursday, asserting that her 2025 firing on “Article II” grounds violated her First and Fifth amendment rights, as well as the 1978 Civil Service Reform Act.Oyer, who served as a federal public defender for a decade prior to her appointment to pardon attorney in 2022, was removed from her career post in March 2025, shortly after refusing to issue a nonbinding recommendation that actor Mel Gibson’s right to own a firearm be restored despite his 2011 domestic violence conviction.Her removal was one of the first in a string of so-called…