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Terry Gerton We’ve all been warned about AI hallucinations, but it’s showing up in legal cases. In fact, recently a federal judge criticized some Justice Department attorneys after one of their filings cited a non-existent case that appeared to be generated by AI. Why is this starting to show up more and more? What’s going on here? Crawford Appleby Yeah, I think that the reason you see this so often is that AI is creating a strong presumption for people to cut corners. And as you’re noting, it can happen to anybody. It can happen government lawyers, it could happen…

PARIS — The Swiss government is seeking parliamentary approval to allocate an additional 970 million Swiss francs (US$1.2 billion) for air defense under the 2026 budget, citing a heightened threat situation and long delivery times for defense equipment.The requested appropriation funds include 250 million francs earmarked for down payments on short-range ground-based air defense systems and 650 million francs for medium-range systems, as well as 60 million francs for a medium-range radar and 10 million for drone-counter systems, the Swiss federal council said in a statement on Wednesday.The advance payments are intended to ensure deliveries take place on time and…

This diagram illustrates how the respective European Secure Software Defined Radio (ESSOR) waveforms provide strategic, operational and tactical level inter- and intra-force connectivity. ESSOR’s High Data Rate Waveform has already been fielded operationally, and a recent contract modification will see work on the Narrowband Waveform advancing. (OCCAR)A recent contract amendment is helping to advance work on the European Secure Software Defined Radio narrowband waveform.On 7th July OCCAR (Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en matière d’Armement/Joint Organisation for Armament Cooperation) announced the signature of a contract amendment with a4ESSOR. The amendment concerns the ESSOR (European Secure Software Defined Radio) waveform programme. OCCAR…

Welcome back to Five Questions for a General, a production of the Modern War Institute at West Point. This series features specially selected cadet hosts who are given an incredible professional development opportunity—to sit down with senior military officers and ask carefully crafted questions about everything from leadership to their unique experiences while serving to their expectations about the future of war. In this episode, retired Major General Doug Crissman reflects on more than three decades of Army service and the leadership lessons that endured from West Point to combat, senior command, service alongside the British Army, and life after the uniform.…

Jully Poca steps into the ring this Friday, August 21, against Cinderella Linnear at the Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula, California, and she is bringing a story that goes way past the record book. The Brazilian fighter, boxing and social media crossover star, is on the undercard of Amanda Serrano’s featherweight title defense against Lucrecia Manzur, streaming live on TikTok. Here’s the full rundown on who she is, how she got here, and what’s on the line this weekend. Who is Jully Poca? Jully de Oliveira, known worldwide as Jully Poca, is a 32-year-old fighter from Santo André, São Paulo,…

The U.S. Department of State approved a possible $4.5 billion Foreign Military Sale to Qatar for the purchase of aerial refueling aircraft and related equipment. Qatar’s government requested to buy up to four KC-46As, eight PW4062 turbofan engines, 10 AN/ALR-69A radar warning receivers, 15 Guardian Laser Transmitter Assemblies for Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure systems and 8 LAIRCM system processor replacements, according to a Thursday release.The proposed sale also includes “non-major defense equipment,” such as precision navigation, transportation and airlift support, personnel training and training equipment and other related logistical and program support items, per the statement. “The proposed sale will…

For years, the Chinese military’s own newspaper has been making a promise it may no longer be able to keep. Whenever the People’s Liberation Army Daily (Jiefangjun Bao), the official newspaper of China’s Central Military Commission, discusses artificial intelligence and command, it returns to the same reassurance: Machines may sort sensor data, draft options, and compress the time between observation and action, but the final authority, and the responsibility that comes with it, belong to the human commander. As one 2025 article puts it, AI cannot resolve the allocation of command authority and responsibility because only a human commander can…

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – MAY 09: Khamzat Chimaev of the United Arab Emirates walks towards the ring before a middleweight title bout during UFC 328 at the Prudential Center on May 09, 2026 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Ishika Samant/Getty Images) Getty Images

Same range workhorse. Now available with a 3 MOA green dot. BARNEVELD, Wis. – Shooters have strong preferences when it comes to red dots. Some prefer red. Others prefer green, especially in certain lighting conditions. Now, these shooters have another option with the addition of the new green dot model in the Venom ® Enclosed Micro Red Dot lineup. Range days don’t always come with perfect weather. The workhorse Venom® Enclosed Micro Red Dot family is equally at home on a pistol, offset on a carbine, or piggybacked on an LPVO. Adjustable brightness settings help keep the dot visible in changing light,…

The Government Accountability Office is an independent legislative branch agency that reviews the effectiveness and efficiency of federal programs. For example, in recent weeks, GAO has issued reports finding that the State Department could be overspending on residences for overseas employees because certain housing standards haven’t been updated in more than three decades and that the Federal Emergency Management Agency cut staff without considering the impacts on disaster operations. GAO’s own watchdog, however, determined in a report published on Monday that the oversight agency is taking longer to hire than other federal agencies and that there are issues with how it…