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September 01, 2026 – Omnisys, an Ondas Inc. (NASDAQ: ONDS) company and a leading provider of AI-powered mission optimization and decision-support systems for defense and homeland security, today introduced BRO™-API, a new bidirectional integration layer that connects its AI-powered BRO™ (Battle Resource Optimization) mission planning and decision-making platform directly with existing C2 and C4I systems. This is a valuable evolution of the suite of BRO systems which are combat proven with the IDF and under contract with several NATO customers in Europe. The new capability enables commanders to continuously optimize operational plans based on the live operational picture, shortening the…

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) —   A newly developed fitness app is giving service members across the Department of War a single tool to build training programs tailored to their fitness test requirements at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 11. U.S. Air Force Capt. Zachary Hicks, a family medicine physician and emergency medical services medical director at Yokota Air Base, developed the app to turn fitness requirements into actionable training guidance that service members can use to improve or maintain their readiness. The app goes beyond information and offers actionable guidance that members can use to improve or maintain…

Joe Condello began training judo in Philadelphia with Takahiko Ishikawa. During his summer break from college, he and his then-girlfriend Becky visited Ishikawa and Helen Foos in Virginia Beach. The latter asked the couple to relocate to the southern state to assist Ishikawa and Foos. The couple accepted and spent the 1970s in Virginia Beach around judo. Later, Joe would relocate to Pennsylvania and founded the Liberty Bell Judo classic with Lou Moyerman. This interview was used in the writing of the book Takahiko Ishikawa: Judo’s Quiet Master, available now! Martial Arts of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: Welcome! Thank you…

Thousands of U.S. Army soldiers—from Korea to Virginia—laced up their boots last week to earn a Danish military award now authorized for wear.The march, first reported by Task & Purpose, inspired thousands of soldiers across the world to load up their rucksacks and pound the pavement. The Royal Danish Air Force March, called the Danish Flyver, requires participants to carry 22 pounds over 12.4 miles. The march dates back to Denmark’s DANCON March, a long-distance ruck that began during a 1972 United Nations peacekeeping mission in Cyprus. According to the Army, the Danish Air Force later developed its own version…

ATSUGI, Japan — U.S. and Japanese military, government, medical and emergency response organizations demonstrated combined disaster response capabilities during Big Rescue Kanagawa 2026, a large-scale joint disaster drill held Sept. 1 in Kanagawa Prefecture. The drill brought together the Japan Self-Defense Forces, U.S. military, Kanagawa Prefecture, local hospitals and civilian emergency response organizations to demonstrate coordinated rescue, medical and disaster response capabilities during a simulated large scale disaster. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, along with other local officials, including the foreign minister, defense minister and Kanagawa governor, attended the drill and observed rescue, medical and emergency response demonstrations conducted by…

The RN’s deployment of a Malloy T-150B UAV onboard its River-class OPVs represents not only a new capability for the ships, but the navy’s next step forward in developing uncrewed capability at sea. (Crown copyright/UK Ministry of Defence, 2026)The UK Royal Navy (RN) has trialled and operated its Malloy T-150B uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) from a River-class Batch 2 offshore patrol vessel (OPV) for the first time.This activity, conducted onboard HMS Trent while the ship is at sea on operations in the Caribbean, means the navy has now deployed the T-150B capability on four separate ship types: the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers;…

As he prepares to face Israeli voters next month after three years of incessant war, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has formulated a new strategy. Ignoring the huge costs in blood and treasure, let alone in support for Israel in the United States and elsewhere, he now publicly and explicitly supports waging wars without end. As a lesson of Hamas’s October 7, 2023, massacre, he asserts that Israel needs to take preemptive military action against every potential security threat it faces, regardless of the consequences. This has left many wondering how much of this hard-line approach might change if Gadi…

Dan Hooker isn’t shying away from admitting exactly what’s driving him into the octagon against “new kids” like Salahdine Parnasse, and it has little to do with rankings or reputation. The veteran lightweight will take on Parnasse in the main event of UFC Paris 2026 at the Accor Arena this weekend. Dan Hooker will take on newcomer Salahdine Parnasse in the main event of UFC Paris 2026 [Image via UFC on Paramount+] Ahead of the fight, Hooker spoke about the upcoming bout set to be the “biggest payday” of his career, and said that he would even fight Francis Ngannou…

The United States has approved a potential $800 million sale of Bell helicopters, weapons and related equipment to Iraq, according to the State Department.The proposed Foreign Military Sale includes GAU-19 three-barrel machine gun launchers, M260 seven-tube launchers for 2.75-inch rockets, electro-optical/infrared sensors and missile launch detection systems.The State Department did not specify how many helicopters Iraq is seeking to purchase.The package also includes Very High Frequency radios, spare parts, ground support equipment, technical publications and data, and new-equipment training for Iraqi pilots and maintenance personnel. U.S. government and contractor personnel would provide engineering, technical and logistics support.The State Department said…

In April, President Donald Trump issued two Defense Production Act determinations covering grid infrastructure and large-scale energy infrastructure. One found that the country’s constrained electric grid posed an increasing threat to national defense and made grid infrastructure and its supply chains essential to national defense. The other found that financing risks, regulatory delays, and market barriers were preventing large-scale energy infrastructure essential to national defense from being provided in a timely manner. Less than three months later, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul imposed a one-year moratorium on new hyperscale data centers. Her order said the pause would keep New Yorkers…