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New billboards have gone up around select military towns that connect the conflict in Iran with an economic impact on American families.VoteVets, a non-profit group and political action organization that largely supports Democrat veteran candidates, launched a 10-day billboard campaign Monday in 10 U.S. cities that features photos of President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on a fiery background. “Trump & Hegseth’s Iran War means higher prices for you with no end in sight,” the signs declare.Retired Army Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton, senior adviser to VoteVets, told Military Times the effort is intended to connect “affordability with accountability,”…

Dana White thinks heavyweight could be in a good place sooner rather than later.Long one of the marquee divisions in combat sports, the UFC’s heavyweight roster has fallen on hard times in recent years due to a dearth of promising talent, veterans aging out of contention, and even the very top of the division stuck in limbo due to undisputed champion Tom Aspinall being sidelined since this past October due to eye injuries suffered in his fight with Ciryl Gane that ended in a no-contest.A handful of intriguing big men have stepped forward to make a name for themselves, including…

Yomif Kejelcha has reclaimed his half marathon world record with a staggering 56:51 in Buenos Aires. The 29-year-old Ethiopian previously held the record after running 57:30 in Valencia in 2024. That time was beaten in March 2026 when Jacob Kiplimo ran 57:20 in Lisbon. Kiplimo ran even faster in Barcelona in 2025, clocking 56:42, but the race conditions didn’t fully comply with World Athletics regulations and was not ratified. Kejelcha will also have to wait for ratification from World Athletics before his 56:51 is officially a world record, but whatever they decide, it was a stunning performance. Kejelcha broke away…

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Target has reached its “strongest item availability in recent years” among its most frequently purchased products as the retailer continues its push for better-stocked shelves, EVP and COO Lisa Roath said on a Q2 earnings call Wednesday. A key test for Target was ensuring product availability during the back-to-school shopping season. Closer coordination within Target’s supply chain, merchandising and store operations teams, plus improvements to planning tools, helped the retailer better prepare for the rush, Roath said. “By prepositioning inventory…

PARIS — Finnish defense company Patria is teaming up with Ukrainian drone maker General Cherry to jointly develop drones as well as start production of drones in Finland.The companies signed a letter of intent on Sunday to combine General Cherry’s expertise in small drones and Patria’s unmanned-technology expertise and defense-industry experience, which will allow them to jointly develop unmanned vehicles for Western European defense needs, they said in a statement on Sunday.The announcement is part of a broader wave of European defense-industrial cooperation with Ukrainian drone makers. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in December announced plans to produce various Ukrainian drones…

August 24, 2026 This week’s product, the Copper Mountain Technologies’ (CMT’s) SN0904 4-Port 9 GHz Vector Network Analyzer (VNA), supports full 4-port 2-path measurements up to 16 S-Parameters (S11-S44) with CMT’s advanced measurement software. The instrument simplifies multi-port testing for radar, electronic warfare, military communications, avionics, and other defense RF systems. The CMT SN0904 enables complete 4-port, 2-Path S-parameter characterization from 300 kHz to 9 GHz without the need to reconnect the device under test or perform multiple two-port measurements. Engineers can characterize couplers, power splitters and combiners, duplexers, RF switches, differential interconnects, and other multi-port devices without performing multiple…

TUFAN, a new kamikaze unmanned surface vessel (USV) developed by ASELSAN and built by ARES Shipyard, was launched during TEKNOFEST Mavi Vatan 2026 at Gölcük Naval Shipyard Command in Kocaeli, marking its first public appearance on the water. ARES Shipyard shared on LinkedIn that it leads TUFAN’s design, construction and platform production. In the social-media announcement, the company said the vessel had been launched and had completed sea trials. The announcement did not provide further details on the trials, including their location, duration or the systems evaluated. TUFAN was first unveiled at SAHA EXPO 2026 in Istanbul, where ASELSAN presented…

This exclusive Cogs of War interview is with Brandon Tseng, the co-founder and president of Shield AI and a former Navy SEAL, whose company builds the Hivemind autonomy software, the V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon synthetic reality and simulation technologies. We asked Brandon about the bet at the center of his company — that the AI pilot matters more than the airframe — and about what a decade building autonomy for the Pentagon has taught him. Sign Up for Our Newsletter You founded Shield AI in 2015, before defense tech was fashionable, and when few in Washington believed a startup could…

Our intrepid team covers a lot of ground in this episode: the increasing fluidity of the battlefield, drones and air defense, the biting Black Sea campaign, the causes and aftermath of the firing of Ukraine’s popular defense minister, why Ukraine probably cannot produce PAC-3 air defense missiles (despite what some journalists are telling you), and the likelihood of a new round of Russian mobilization. This episode is Dara Massicot and Michael Kofman at their best.Thanks to NODA AI for supporting this episode. NODA AI is building mission command for autonomous forces. Learn more at warontherocks.com/nodaImage: ArmyInform

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