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In 1914, European armies entered a war with forces designed to move. Within months, they were digging themselves into the earth. Ffires from newly introduced machine guns and heavy artillery made movement across exposed ground a proposition far more deadly than in any war that had ever afflicted humanity. More than a century later, armies are confronting an unsettling echo of that experience in Ukraine.Drones and other robotic precision weapons fill the low-altitude airspace, detecting and destroying tanks and other large vehicles that appear anywhere near the Ukrainian front and devastating any attempts at mobile ground offensives by infantry. Western…

Sean Strickland is a two-time UFC champion. He’s still waiting to be paid like one.The always vocal Strickland won his second middleweight title this past May at UFC 328, earning a split decision over the previously unbeaten Khamzat Chimaev. Strickland is yet to book a future title defense, with injuries playing a part in his absence, but he’s also publicly mentioned that issues with compensation have also left him in no rush to fight again.On Wednesday, Strickland further aired out his grievances on social media, questioning why a barely active fighter like Conor McGregor is paid so much more than…

This story was originally published by The War Horse, a nonprofit newsroom covering the human experience and cost of military service. Get more reporting like this in your inbox.Bernardino Mijares has spent most of his life searching for his father. For many years, all the 33-year-old tricycle taxi driver knew was the name his mother had told him — which later was found to be incorrect — and that his father had served in the Philippines with the U.S. Navy. Growing up in the city of Antipolo, Mijares was often singled out because of his darker skin and curly hair.…

Peraton wants to bring AI-fueled project management to the Pentagon and beyond—while also changing the perception that it’s just an IT company.It’s true the company has “a rich history of doing IT services and IT modernization acrossgovernment customers,” Gabe Camarillo, the company’s new defense sector president, told Defense One. But Peraton is also big on defense prototyping and engineering: “We do Tomahawk theater mission planning support for the Navy,” he said, plus “modeling and simulation for Aegis. Also, sonar analysis and acoustic analysis for the Navy at Carderock. And then we also provide engineering support to some Army programs, like, for…

The former U.S. Army officer convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, is scheduled to be executed by firing squad in December in what would be the first military execution in more than 65 years. The announcement stunned an attorney who had represented Nidal Malik Hasan in a civil case, and raised concerns among experts on military law about whether the Army followed its mandated process for setting an execution and notifying a prisoner they’ve been condemned to death. President Donald Trump’s announcement on Monday that Hasan would be executed by firing squad…

In Arkansas, the first fully US-manufactured Tamir interceptor missile has been handed over to Israel. This marks the first time that production of the key interceptor missile for Iron Dome has begun outside Israel. The effort is part of a joint production program between Rafael and Raytheon US-Israeli cooperation on missile defense. The handover took place at the Raytheon-Rafael Area Protection Systems (R2S) facility in East Camden, Arkansas. The first Tamir interceptor missile was manufactured and fully assembled there. The facility was specifically built to produce Tamir missiles for Iron Dome. It is therefore the first production site outside Israel…

U.S. officials directed all military personnel on Okinawa, Japan, to cease operations for 48 hours to allow leaders to conduct standards training after a Marine lance corporal was arrested for allegedly murdering and robbing a local woman. The operation pause comes just days after local police arrested Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Devin Jacob Ballard, assigned to the III Marine Expeditionary Force headquartered at Camp Courtney in Okinawa, for the suspected robbery and murder of Anna Yagi, a 39-year-old Naha resident. All U.S. military personnel on Okinawa will execute an operational pause from noon on Wednesday to noon on Friday for…

Russia’s 14Ts227 Tobol global navigation satellite system position, navigation and timing electronic attack apparatus falls under the spotlight of this month’s Beating the System column.Electronic Warfare (EW) systems seldom achieve the dubious distinction of public notoriety, but this is a sobriquet applicable to Russia’s 14Ts227 Tobol fixed Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) jamming and spoofing equipment. The 14Ts227 first came to light in the public domain in November 2020 via an article in The Space Review by Bart Hendrikx entitled ‘Russia gears up for electronic warfare in space (part two)’. Mr. Hendrikx noted in the…

For America’s 250th anniversary, Cogs of War ran ten essays on innovations forged in wartime that subsequently diffused throughout the civilian economy, or had a lasting impact on society, governance, and Americans’ relationship with technology. We received submissions on a wide range of technologies, ranging from a copying lathe built for musket stocks after the War of 1812 to the stealth bomber. Over the last few weeks, subscribers to our free newsletter voted, and we’re pleased to announce the winners of our contest below.One idea surfaced in most of the essays: Historically, the government’s role in innovation was as much…

Hanwha Defence Australia is working with Milrem Robotics to promote the THeMIS tracked UGV to the Australian Army. (Gordon Arthur)Hanwha Defence Australia’s production of AS9 Huntsmanself-propelled howitzers and AS10 ammunition resupply vehicles is in full swing at its facility in Avalon, Australia, and up next is the AS21 Redback infantry fighting vehicle. However, with production of these vehicles scheduled to cease by the end of 2028, Hanwha is looking at other product lines to pick up the slack.This includes unmanned ground vehicles (UGV), with Hanwha Defence Australia (HDA) signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Milrem Robotics at the Land…