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MMA Fighting has DWCS results for the second week of season 10 from the Meta APEX in Las Vegas on Tuesday night.In the main event, Namo Fazil and Kaik Brito compete in a welterweight contest. Brito has performed before on DWCS and came up short, losing a decision to Oban Elliott in 2023. Since then, Brito went on to become Oktagon champion. Fazil, meanwhile, last fought at MVP MMA’s debut event, submitting Jake Babian on the undercardDouglas Rodrigues and Trent Miller clash in a middleweight contest in the co-main event.Check out DWCS results below.Kaik Brito def. Namo Fazil via KO…

AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy — The 606th Air Control Squadron demonstrated its ability to rapidly deploy tactical command and control capabilities to multiple dispersed locations in simulated contested environments during Exercise PRIMO Specto 26-3 at Aviano Air Base, Italy, Aug. 2-7, 2026. PRIMO Specto allows 606th ACS battle managers to evaluate their ability to effectively command and control live and simulated aircraft in an airspace while executing Air Base Air Defense, Integrated Air and Missile Defense, and Defensive and Offensive Counterair mission sets. These tactical C2 capabilities and mission sets defend the base against a multitude of threats, ensuring it…

Captive carry testing of the new anti-ship missile – understood to be an air-launched derivative of the 25SSM – was carried out on 30 July and 4 August 2026. (MAMBOCCV)Japan appears to be enhancing its maritime strike capabilities, with the recent sighting of a new, long-range, stealthy, air-launched, anti-ship missile undergoing flight testing.A Mitsubishi F-2B from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) – assigned to the Air Development and Test Wing – was photographed carrying two of the new missiles, one beneath each wing, during flight trials conducted from Gifu Air Base on 30 July and 4 August.Mounted on the…

The Iran war is beginning to resemble the Ukraine war in one important way. Operationally, the wars themselves are still very different — Ukraine is a large-scale ground invasion, while the Iran war is not there just yet. But their political logic after a failure to achieve a quick result is starting to look very similar. In both cases, a larger power expected its overwhelming military force to produce a quick political result. And in both cases, that expectation failed.The targeted state adapted, outside supporters helped it remain afloat, and both conflicts moved from the promise of a decisive outcome…

This year marks a 70-year milestone for the War Department’s Manufacturing Technology enterprise, which has been solving challenges beyond industry partners’ investment capacity and risk tolerance for decades and has spawned separate service and agency specific programs.  The ManTech program was established in 1956 to solve manufacturing problems that were too costly for industry partners to take on, said Emil Michael, undersecretary of war for research and engineering, during a commemorative event at the Pentagon yesterday.  He added that investments in the enterprise have been the unseen force behind precision-guided munitions, stealth aircraft, combat vehicles, advanced microelectronics and other advances. …

In a Pacific war, the U.S. military cannot assume uncontested access to its depots and supply lines for munitions, spare parts, food, water, and energy. Jonathan is joined by David Tuttle (Rune Technologies), Paul Lwin (HavocAI), and Tom Garvey (CACI) to discuss sustaining a dispersed force that’s facing enemy fire and lacks stable, secure communications. They debate autonomy versus automation, predictive resupply, where the data comes from, and which lessons from Ukraine transfer across theaters.Image: Sgt. Alora Finigan via DVIDS. The post Contested Logistics and the “Last Unmanned Mile” appeared first on War on the Rocks.

The second week of 2026’s edition of Contender Series delivered a ton of action, capped off by a savage knockout of a fan favorite.On Tuesday night, Week 2 of Season 10 of Contender Series took place at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, featuring three knockouts — including one of the most brutal knockouts in Contender Series history — one submission, the best fight of the season so far, and six UFC contracts handed out.Kaik Brito def. Namo Fazil In the main event, Namo Fazil took on Kaik Brito in a high-profile welterweight contest. Fazil is an extremely popular fighter…

Airmen in two squadrons deployed to rescue five Navy personnel following an aircraft incident in California last week.Airmen from the 355th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, assigned to the 355th Wing but located at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, alongside the 88th Test and Evaluation Squadron, deployed two HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopters to rescue the Navy personnel near Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California, according to a Monday release.The “aircraft mishap” occurred on Aug. 10, per the release. The 88th received initial notification regarding the Navy MH-60S Seahawk hard landing in mountainous terrain during a high-altitude training flight around 11:30…

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. The U.S. Army has chosen Hanwha Defense USA to advance to the next phase of its Mobile Tactical Cannon (MTC) program. The company will now provide prototypes of its wheeled 155mm K9 Mobile Howitzer for further testing. This, in turn, could lead to its adoption as a replacement for the Army’s existing towed 155mm M777 howitzers. “The U.S. Army announced today an agreement with Hanwha Defense USA, Arlington, Virginia, for the development of prototypes for the Mobile Tactical Cannon program, a critical…

Dana White and Eddie Hearn continue to be at odds with one another.For much of 2026, White and Hearn have been engaged in a public feud, with the two even briefly discussing boxing each other. The primary friction between the two stems from White’s move into boxing promotion with Zuffa Boxing — taking some of Hearn’s fighters — and Hearn’s move to take on a few high-profile MMA fighters to manage. But lately, their biggest issue has been the planned heavyweight superfight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.Fury and Joshua are supposed to fight in their long-awaited matchup before the…