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Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org The Air Force plans to buy up to 11,200 copies of the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile and its anti-ship variant over the next five to seven years, a dramatic increase in production for the critical long-range cruise missiles The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s armament directorate announced the new total in a July 10 notice of contract action. The plans cover multiyear procurement for the next seven lots of JASSM…

The government has awarded contracts worth $1.75 billion to build missile-tracking satellites for the U.S. Space Force as part of President Donald Trump’s vision for a greater national missile defense system. The contracts, awarded by the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) to Sierra Space, a technology company based in Louisville, Colorado, and to L3 Harris Technologies, are for 36 total satellites to track missiles and other threats. “This contract demonstrates Sierra Space’s capabilities as a formidable player in American national security,” the company’s CEO Dan Jablonsky, said in a news release. A new U.S. Space Force patch sits…

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The Type 076 Amphibious Assault Ship isn’t just another warship joining China’s rapidly expanding fleet. It represents a noticeable shift in how modern amphibious operations may be fought in the decades ahead.While traditional landing helicopter docks focus on transporting troops and helicopters close to shore, the Type 076 appears designed to project combat power much farther from the coastline, using advanced drones, helicopters, and cutting-edge launch technology from a single platform.That’s precisely why defense analysts around the world are paying close attention.At first glance, the China Type 076 Amphibious Assault Ship resembles its predecessor, the Type 075. Look closer, however,…

Former UFC heavyweight champions Junior dos Santos and Fabricio Werdum will no longer meet in a grappling match on Aug. 8, “Cigano” announced Monday. The heavyweight duo was scheduled to compete at Kings Championship in Florianopolis, Brazil.The promotion has yet to announce if Werdum will be given a different opponent unless he’s also off the card. Dos Santos said he’s still open to grappling with Werdum in the future.“Cigano” and “Vai Cavalo” fought twice under MMA rules with a pair of wins for dos Santos. First, he scored a massive upset with a 81-second knockout against Werdum at UFC 90…

Credit: Elbit SystemDefense Feeds, Haifa – Modern naval warfare is no longer defined solely by destroyers, frigates or aircraft carriers. Increasingly, military planners are looking at commercial vessels as potential force multipliers, and Elbit Systems’ new Hermes 650 drone carrier concept reflects that shift.Unveiled as a modular solution for maritime operations, the concept would allow ordinary merchant ships to launch and recover long-endurance unmanned aircraft without the need for a purpose-built aircraft carrier.The proposal offers an alternative approach to expanding naval aviation. Instead of investing billions in new capital ships, navies could adapt existing commercial vessels to support intelligence, surveillance…

Nineteen weeks ago, Iran faced the combined might of the most powerful country in the world and the most advanced military in the Middle East. Today, it is dictating the terms of the peace.When the memorandum of understanding was signed last month, President Donald Trump declared, “The Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete. Congratulations to all!” and told the ships of the world to start their engines. Iran’s response was to keep striking and impose toll collection on the world’s most critical shipping lane while expanding its influence in Iraq, where it is increasingly seen as…

One stubborn former Marine is changing how the Pentagon moves data to farflung troops—a change intended to enable them to use advanced AI tools, and one that just might reshape how lightweight models are developed.Some of these new workflows have already been used during the U.S. war on Iran.“If you look at what’s happened with Operation Epic Fury, in particular, we were able to incorporate dozens of new feeds in real time that allow us to not only serve up that data in the right format, right structure, and everything else for those, for those applications to leverage, but also…

Lübeck and Rostock, Germany – July 14th, 2026 – GABLER, a leading provider of submarine systems, and German defence technology company FLANQ have successfully completed the Sea Acceptance Test (SAT) demonstrating seaworthiness of their jointly developed Torpedo-Tube-Launched Uncrewed Surface Vessel (TTL USV) capability demonstrator. The demonstrator vehicle, named Ranger, combines GABLER’s decades of expertise in mission-critical submarine components and defence manufacturing with FLANQ’s capabilities in autonomous maritime systems, mission software, AI-enabled autonomy and open capability architectures. Launched from a standard 21-inch submarine torpedo tube, the Ranger TTL USV is designed to autonomously surface and undertake covert intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance…

Longtime UFC knockout artist Michel Pereira has parted ways with the promotion following his latest setback at UFC Baku. Michel Pereira, who spoiled fans with some of the wildest mid-fight moments in the Octagon, has parted ways with the UFC after a 16-fight career in the promotion. The UFC opted not to re-sign Pereira after his recent loss to middleweight star Shara ‘Bullet’ Magomedov at UFC Baku last month. He signed a one-fight deal after his controversial split-decision win over Zach Reese at UFC Houston earlier this year. Pereira’s removal from the UFC roster was first reported by MMA Fighting‘s…