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Nearly a week after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, important details are still unclear.Federal authorities have offered limited information about the July 7 shooting beyond saying Salgado Araujo tried to hit an agent with his van, prompting calls for an independent investigation and pressure from protestors and Democratic lawmakers for ICE and its parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security, to release evidence.The Texas Tribune has repeatedly posed detailed questions about the Houston shooting in emails to ICE and Homeland Security, but federal officials have not addressed most of them.Separately, the…

The Pentagon is suspending the ramp up of new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification third-party assessment requirements, while also launching a sweeping review of the CMMC program that once again calls into question the future of the contractor cyber compliance regime. In a July 13 announcement, the Defense Department said it is suspending plans to introduce phase two of the CMMC requirements. That would have involved DoD requiring third-party cybersecurity assessments across all contracts involving sensitive but unclassified information starting Nov. 10, 2026. DoD says the phase one requirements for applicable contracts to require a CMMC self-assessment, which went into effect…

Rheinmetall is delivering artillery ammunition to Ukraine from Unterlüß for the first time. Until now, deliveries had come from other sites within the Rheinmetall production network. This first delivery from Unterlüß to Ukraine comprises a low five-figure number of projectiles, in addition to propellant charges from other sites. More than half of the order has already been delivered. The remaining projectiles and propellant charges are due to follow by the end of 2026. For the first time, projectiles from the new ‘Werk Niedersachsen’ (Lower-Saxony plant) are being delivered to the Ukrainian armed forces. The RH1412 projectiles are the latest product…

This week’s Strategy and Wargaming News, your favorite all-you-can-eat buffet of what’s new around our beloved genres, is going to be a short, but sweet one. This comes as no surprise, since things have been winding down a bit as studios prepare, or are already on their Summer breaks. In fact, I can barely wait for mine! Well, let’s dive right in. We have a new gameplay trailer for Total War: WARHAMMER 40,000; Terra Invicta gets a new DLC, and there are even more details about the next Company of Heroes 3 DLC. Let’s jump right into it. Total War:…

Building on a first founding success with the award in late 2025 of the VGC 35-metre programme for the French Customs, MAURIC is proud to partner with Couach on the VGMAR programme. On 29 June 2026, the Direction Générale de l’Armement notified Couach of the contract for 24 coastal surveillance patrol vessels of 22 metres for the Maritime Gendarmerie. Delivery of the first unit is expected in 2029. A tender process conducted with exacting standards by the DGA MAURIC contributed its thorough knowledge of complex tender processes and its proven architectural mastery of semi-fast patrol vessel design. The naval architects…

LONDON, UK, 10 July – Omnia Training has been awarded a £2bn contract by the UK Ministry of Defence to serve as the British Army’s Strategic Training Partner and deliver the Army’s Collective Training System (ACTS). The Raytheon UK-led consortium, consisting of Capita, Cervus, Rheinmetall UK, Skyral, will deliver the ACTS in partnership with the British Army.  The 15-year contract will provide soldiers with an integrated, digitally enabled collective training system that transforms how they train, prepare, and adapt for future missions. Raytheon is an RTX business. By combining virtual, synthetic, and data-driven environments, it upgrades traditional live exercises to…

Credit: Crown Copyright / LPhot Joe CaterDefense Feeds, Brussels – Belgium has taken another step in modernizing its Special Operations Forces by ordering a fleet of Polaris MRZR D4 tactical vehicles, reinforcing the military’s ability to deploy rapidly across demanding terrain. Valued at approximately €10.6 million, the procurement focuses on improving mobility for elite units that often operate where conventional armored vehicles are too heavy, too large or too slow to maneuver effectively.Although lightweight tactical vehicles rarely attract the same attention as tanks or missile systems, they remain essential for special operations. Success in these missions often depends less on…

يصل رئيس الوزراء العراقي الجديد علي الزيدي هذا الأسبوع إلى واشنطن في أولى زياراته، حيث يترقب لقاءً مهم مع الرئيس دونالد ترامب. وبعد أن حظي بدعم أمريكي مبكر وقوي لحكومته، يُتوقع أن يشدد الزيدي على استعداده لنزع سلاح الميليشيات المدعومة من إيران، وعلى توقيع سلسلة من الاتفاقيات مع شركات الطاقة الأمريكية. وتُعد هاتان المسألتان من صميم أجندة إدارة ترامب تجاه العراق، وهي أجندة لا تنبع من التزام تاريخي، بل من أهداف أمنية واقتصادية أمريكية أكثر ضيقًا وتحديدًا على المدى القريب. وفي أعقاب الحرب مع إيران وتداعياتها الكارثية على العراق، يقود الزيدي بلدًا يواجه تحديات أمنية واقتصادية خطيرة في الداخل، ومشهدًا…

Speaking at CNE 2026, COMSUBFOR Vice Admiral Richard Seif revealed the US Navy is deploying offensive and defensive capabilities to secure “seabed superiority.” The US Navy (USN) is seeking “seabed superiority” in both offensive and defensive operations around the ocean floor as part of enhancing asymmetric advantage in underwater warfare, the USN’s Commander, Submarine Force (COMSUBFOR) told the annual Combined Naval Event 2026 (CNE26) conference. Incidents of threats to critical undersea infrastructure (CUI) in the Baltic Sea and elsewhere across the Euro-Atlantic theatre have driven NATO submarine forces’ and other alliance assets’ focus on seabed security. However, alliance navies –…

Published Jul 13, 2026, 4:42 PM EDT A brand-new horror game coming to Steam lets players watch classic horror movies, amidst its creepy paranormal investigation premise. Credit: Game Rant | Source Images: Steelkrill Studio, Steam Originally published by  Game Rant A brand-new indie horror game coming to Steam will allow players to watch full-length movies in the game, alongside its mystery-tinged psychological horror gameplay. Where Dolls Hang looks to combine elements of games like Resident Evil, The Forest, and much more with its Steam release. Horror has been a popular genre for many indie developers looking for their big break, with a…