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The union representing employees at the U.S. Bureau of Prisons accused agency management Tuesday of “openly defying” a court order to reinstate its collective bargaining agreements and called for a federal judge to hold Director William Marshall in contempt.U.S. District Judge Vernon Oliver, a Biden appointee, issued a preliminary injunction last week, finding that BOP likely violated the Administrative Procedure Act when it terminate its contracts with the American Federation of Government Employees’ National Council of Prison Locals, in accordance with President Trump’s 2025 executive orders banning collective bargaining at most federal agencies on national security grounds. Key to that…

Geran-2 Shahed-type—reconstruction of a loitering munition drone, highlighting its key structural features. (Source: Meta-Defense)The use of cellular networks to help guide Russan suicide uninhabited aerial vehicles is a worrying development from an electronic warfare perspective.The Kyiv Independent reported in mid-September that it is possible the Belarusian Fourth Generation Long-Term Evolution (4G LTE) cellular network is being used to guide Russia suicide Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) during attacks on targets in Ukraine. The report quoted Ukrainian Electronic Warfare (EW) expert Serhii ‘Flash’ Beskretnov as providing this assessment following a large-scale Russian attack on 12th September. The attack saw hundreds of suicide…

Sean Strickland is ready to trade UFC gold for Jake Paul money.The reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight champion has threatened to surrender his 185-pound title, move up to Light Heavyweight, and burn through the remaining fights on his contract after becoming increasingly frustrated with his pay.“I gotta be honest: unless things change with the UFC, I’m kind of over it,” Strickland wrote on Twitter. “McGregor makes $30 million to fight for 30 seconds, and they don’t want to pay us a fraction of it. Contemplating just going to 205, knocking out my contract and scrapping with Jake Paul. That…

Kraken and Saab UK are integrating K3 SCOUT with Giraffe 1X radar to develop a new rapidly deployable C-UAS seeker capability at sea. Kraken Robotics press release World-leading uncrewed surface vessel (USV) company Kraken Technology Group and defence prime Saab UK have developed and tested a pioneering prototype autonomous “drone seeker” vessel for maritime environments. The experimental vessel combines Kraken’s K3 SCOUT, a high-performance, modular USV, with Saab UK’s Giraffe 1X, a lightweight, 3D radar designed to detect and track airborne threats in real time. Integrated into K3 SCOUT’s modular payload bay, Giraffe 1X is expected to provide enhanced early…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army today released How the Army Fights, new operational warfighting guidance that provides a common framework for translating tactical success into campaign-level advantage for the Joint Force. Developed by the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, How the Army Fights builds on the Army’s multidomain operations doctrine by explaining how the force employs land power at the operational level of war. The guidance aligns how the Army organizes, trains, equips and sustains its formations for contested, high-intensity conflict. “The challenge is on us as the leaders of the Army to make the decisions that are…

Key PointsRomania signed a contract for 12 Airbus H225M helicopters, financed by the European Union’s SAFE program, to begin replacing its IAR-330 Puma fleet.Romania’s defense ministry valued the purchase order at about €757 million (about $848 million), including initial logistics support and training.Romania has signed a contract for 12 Airbus H225M Caracal military helicopters, the first step in replacing the Romanian Air Force’s aging fleet of locally built IAR-330 Puma helicopters, Airbus Helicopters said on October 7. The deal was concluded through France’s defense procurement agency, the DGA, and is financed under the European Union’s Security Action for Europe, or…

UFC 332 is in the books, and a card widely maligned for its quality delivered plenty of action. But can the UFC do it against with UFC Vegas 122?Amid rabid online debate over the perceived lack of quality in UFC cards lately, the UFC returns to its stomping grounds for a Fight Night card headlined by a middleweight matchup between Brendan Allen and Christian Leroy Duncan. Both men are riding strong winning streaks heading into the matchup, and both are trying their best to break into the crowded middleweight title picture, but can one man do enough to stand out…

An update on what has been going on on my end the last few months and some upcoming changes for the future. TL;DR: The self-defense and martial arts stuff doesn’t go away; I just expanded my scope on it. Enjoy! Summary July and August are usually when Wim trains hard: public classes stop and client work slows while people are on vacation. That plan failed this year. Heat waves in Belgium started at the end of June, six or seven of them, and the attic office in an old house built to hold winter heat made the desktop unsafe to…

As of July, the Pentagon had been prepping artificial intelligence tools that analyze text, voices and faces to estimate staff trustworthiness, according to declassified presentation slides and prior Defense Department statements. Now, Pentagon officials say that some of that AI is not part of the current revamp of the polygraph interview process, after Defense News asked for a response to concerns about the earlier statements and the slides. On Wednesday, the Pentagon’s Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, or DCSA, which vets security clearance holders and applicants, said in an emailed statement that “active research and development” for the “Modernizing Polygraph”…

Textron Systems Corporation announced it was awarded a $230M contract modification from the U.S. Navy to produce two Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) craft. Textron Systems press release The SSCs are designed to deliver mission-ready capability, moving over tides, terrains and obstacles, enabling access to 80% of the world’s coastline. Under the contract, Textron Systems will produce and deliver SSC craft at its New Orleans, Louisiana shipyard, which includes: Engineering Manufacturing Quality & Test Operations The core mission of the SSC is to move personnel and material off amphibious ships. Compared to legacy platforms, the SSCs feature core design enhancements that increase…