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Brendan Allen and Christian Leroy Duncan put their win streaks on the line when they clash in a UFC Vegas 122 headlining bout.The promotion announced Tuesday that Allen (27-7) and Duncan (15-2) are set for the Oct. 10 main event, which takes place at Meta Apex in Las Vegas.Allen, currently No. 7 at 185 pounds in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings, bounced back from a two-fight win streak to win three consecutive fights, including an upset victory over Reinier de Ridder in the main event of UFC Vancouver. In his most recent outing this past June, Allen defeated Edmen Shahbazyan…

Raytheon has commenced work with the US Navy to explore options for the accelerated introduction of the AN/SPY-6(V)3 S-band radar on board the service’s three DDG-1000 Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers. Jen Gauthier, Raytheon’s vice president of Naval Systems & Sustainment confirmed that study activity was examining options to replace the current AN/SPY-3 X-band multifunction radar with AN/SPY-6(V)3 from later this decade, several years earlier than previously planned. Naval News reported earlier this year that AN/SPY-6(V)3 radars originally manufactured for the now cancelled FFG-62 Constellation-class frigate program could now potentially be repurposed for backfit to the DDG-1000 ships. The US Naval…

“We’ll see what happens with him,” Feldman told MMA Fighting. “It’s a loss but do people consider he got his ass kicked? I don’t think so. I don’t think it has that much effect on it. It definitely, probably decreases his value a little bit, and we’re going to have to talk about it. Who’s knocking on his door? It really depends. The whole negotiation’s going to go around who else is knocking on his door.”Perry is 6-0 under the BKFC banner with four straight knockout finishes and has been a big reason why fans have paid attention to BKFC…

As Europe faces a rapidly evolving security landscape, closer Nordic cooperation in defence and security is essential.Now, five of Europe’s most prominent defence and technology companies, Ericsson, Kongsberg, Nokia, Patria and Saab, have joined the Defence Track within Nordic Compass, a pan-regional Round Table for industry. Here, they will work as founding drivers of the track.At a time when Europe must take greater responsibility for its own defence, this signals a willingness from Nordic industry to contribute even more to Europe’s defence needs.Jyri Häkämies, chair of the Nordic Compass Defence Track and former Defence Minister of Finland, says: “The commitment…

The United States, Russia, and China may not yet be in an arms race, but they are gearing up for one. Washington is building a new intercontinental ballistic missile, strategic bomber, and ballistic missile submarine. Russia is developing a heavy ICBM and a new warhead while planning upgrades to its submarines and bombers. China has dug more than 300 new missile silos and fielded air-launched ballistic missiles, and it is developing a new generation of submarines and a stealth bomber. All three countries are making decisions about modernizing their nuclear weapons programs that will bear fruit in the decades to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers returned to Washington on Monday with a short to-do list after five weeks back in their home districts. The first order of… KEVIN FREKING August 31, 2026 9:00 pm 4 min read WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers returned to Washington on Monday with a short to-do list after five weeks back in their home districts. The first order of business is most likely a vote on a stopgap spending bill designed to keep the federal government fully funded through early December, removing the possibility of a shutdown before the midterm elections. With election season getting…

Perhaps the most debated, not to mention maligned, topic in the fitness world is how much protein we need. And if you’ve done any investigating at all into the topic, you will no doubt have bumped into this calculation: 1 to 1.5 grams of protein per pound of bodyweight. (If you’re a bodybuilder, that means at least two.) Like so much of bodybuilding folklore, the recommendation has been repeated so many times that it’s become accepted as fact. The problem is, nobody ever asks, “How do we know?” Specifically, no one knows. The original one gram per pound rule wasn’t…

Dan Driscoll, whom President Donald Trump in 2024 hailed as “a disruptor and change agent,” has resigned as secretary of the Army.The move was first reported by the Wall Street Journal. A source directly familiar with the matter confirmed the news and said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s purging of generals who were tied to Driscoll’s innovation and transformation efforts was a primary cause for the resignation.“Driscoll brought up concerns with the administration surrounding Army transformation and readiness, and Hegseth’s blocking those efforts, specifically by firing the generals who were responsible,” the source said.A former Army Ranger who led a platoon…

KÖNIGSLUTTER, GERMANY (1 September 2026) At SMM 2026, Mehler Protection is set to unveil SCILT NAVAL, a new active counter-UAV system developed specifically to protect ships from close-range threats. The threat posed by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is evolving: Recent conflicts have demonstrated that even heavily armed warships can be vulnerable to small, low-cost drone systems deployed in large numbers. While modern naval forces have powerful air defence systems capable of engaging threats at long range, significant challenges remain when it comes to close- and very-close-range protection. This is particularly true in ports, when navigating confined waterways such as canals,…

My greatest challenge while flight testing collaborative combat aircraft was not troubleshooting errors at high speed in the cockpit. It was when, in a single keystroke, my job shifted from pilot to something like a dog handler — a supervisor of an autonomous agent. As a test pilot, my instinct is to stop for surprise machine behavior, but that met a system where such unexpected behavior could be a good thing. Managing autonomy means accounting for a new phenomenon — machine behavior that is both correct and unexpected.Historically, aircrews have handled surprises by assuming there’s a malfunction and fixing it,…