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For many observers, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s speech on the future of NATO, delivered in Brussels on June 18, 2026, constituted a perfect example of how the Trump administration is angrily abandoning the longstanding U.S. commitment to European security. The prevailing picture is that the administration is eager to shift the burden of Europe’s defense and is thus moving to withdraw U.S. forces from the continent, even though Europe is moving to do more militarily. Hegseth stated, “we’re doubling down on our effort to make NATO what it always was supposed to be, a balanced alliance with Europe in…

While defence is focusing again on conventional symmetrical confrontations, in many areas of the world wheeled heavy protected vehicle retain their importance. Following a thorough market analysis URO Vehículos Especiales of Spain decided to add to its portfolio a high mobility heavily protected 4×4, the VAMTAC Ax4, which was unveiled at Eurosatory The original idea was to develop a vehicle capable to carry a full infantry team plus crew in a well-protected cabin, with all the features of a high mobility platform. The URO military tactical line brand is the VAMTAC, the acronym for Vehículo de Alta Movilidad TÁCtico,high mobility…

Diego Lopes might be fully committing to a change in weight class amid a recent social media post. Lopes is one of the best UFC featherweight contenders in the world, but he could be on the verge of a change given he has fallen short in two titles fights at 145 pounds. The reigning champion is Alexander Volkanovski, and Lopes has dropped two decisions against “The Great.” The 36-fight veteran admitted to MMAFighting that those defeats have put him in a rough situation. In that same interview, Lopes admitted that a switch to the 155-pound division is an intriguing option.…

Editor’s note: This is the first article in a limited series celebrating American defense technologies born from wartime and their effects on broader national security, politics, and society. This series will run for several weeks to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary, and winners will be selected by a reader vote undertaken through our newsletter later this summer. Prior installments can be found at the Arsenal of Innovation page. The history of the semiconductor is an origin story for modern computing but also reveals a recurring pattern in American innovation: government helps underwrite technological breakthroughs, and commercial markets transform them into general-purpose technologies. And yet,…

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Nissan’s huge efforts to sell more cars over the last decade did the job of moving more metal, but they hurt the company in the long run, its new CEO says. Without pulling any punches, in a recent interview he said that aggressively pursuing the rental car market boosted its share, but those sales came with big discounts and big damage to the company’s image. Now he wants to change it. Sales At All Costs…Came With A Hefty Cost Credit: Nissan “Before, it was like, okay, we want volume, volume, volume,” Nissan CEO Ivan Espinosa told Reuters in an interview, describing…

ROME — Japan, Italy and the U.K. have handed a £4.6 billion ($6.1 billion) development contract to their national champions building the GCAP jet, days after the U.K. freed up crucial cash to make it happen following a months long hold-up.The three nations said on Friday they had handed the 18-month contract to Edgewing, the industrial consortium grouping firms building the sixth-generation fighter.The announcement came three days after the announcement of the U.K.’s delayed Defence Investment Plan (DIP), which contained funds for the fighter.“The £4.6 billion contract will enable completion of the advanced concept and assessment phase of the program,…

There aren’t many executives who can say they helped build a billion-dollar beverage company before deciding to start over. For Michael Fedele, however, success at BodyArmor wasn’t the finish line; it was proof that the beverage industry still had room for innovation. After spending nearly a decade helping grow BodyArmor from a startup into a billion-dollar brand before its acquisition by Coca-Cola, Fedele noticed something that kept appearing behind the scenes with professional athletes. “They were all drinking iced coffee,” Fedele tells Muscle & Fitness. “Not energy drinks.” Whether it was before practice, after training, between interviews or while traveling,…

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The U.S. Postal Service is working to enable end-to-end visibility into every parcel flowing through its network to mitigate delivery delays, Postmaster General David Steiner said during a Senate committee hearing last week. Limited visibility leads to cases in which a wedding invitation gets delivered after the wedding date, or a bill arrives after its due date, according to Steiner. Improving visibility will allow the agency to notify plant managers when parcels at their location are delayed so they can…

News July 02, 2026 Dan Taylor Technology Editor Military Embedded Systems Image via Exail LA CIOTAT, France. Exail completed sea trials validating the integration of third-party payloads on its DriX O-16 unmanned surface vessel (USV), the company announced in a statement. The trials included an Elistair Khronos tethered drone system and a Safran VIGY 4 electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) observation camera, the statement reads. The demonstration was intended to show how the DriX O-16 can support mission-specific payloads for maritime security, surveillance, and intelligence missions, the company says. The tethered drone operated from the moving USV and provided aerial surveillance while receiving…