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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…

If you are new to training and want to build a bigger chest, the dumbbell bench press and push-ups are two of the best places to start. Both train the pectoralis major, triceps, and front of the shoulders. Both can build strength. Both can add muscle when you perform them consistently and make them progressively harder over time. The simple answer is that neither exercise automatically builds more chest muscle. Research suggests that push-ups can produce chest growth comparable to a low load bench press when the resistance is similar and the sets are challenging. However, dumbbell bench presses usually…

In mid-September, the commander of Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps confirmed that his unit was in the midst of a major offensive in Donetsk Oblast: Operation Vivaldi. It was the first time the operation’s name was publicly acknowledged. But the operation had begun well before then—perhaps months earlier. And its foundations can be traced even farther back, as dynamics that began to take shape in 2024 would prove instrumental in enabling the operation. So far, Ukrainian forces have recaptured as much as two hundred square kilometers of territory from occupying Russian forces. However, what’s most important is not what the operation…

Democratic Republic of Vietnam/Socialist Republic of Vietnam (1960 – Present)Medium Tank – Uncertain number Delivered to Vietnam The Soviet T-34-85 medium tank was the first armored vehicle of its kind delivered to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War. While certain sources claim that more than 400 tanks were transferred to North Vietnam over the course of the conflict, a more conservative and likely accurate estimate suggests that between 200 and 300 T-34-85 tanks were delivered between 1960 and 1972. Initial shipments arrived via the People’s Republic of China, with subsequent transfers supplied directly by the Soviet Union.…

SPARROWS POINT, Md.—Defense tech company Anduril aims to speed up Virginia-class submarine production by building components, such as torpedo tubes, at a future site outside the nation’s capital by 2030.The new facility, to be called Arsenal-2, will be the company’s second manufacturing plant and is part of a $6.6 billion effort funded by Anduril, at $3.7 billion, and the U.S. Navy through a $2.9 billion contract award. That contract tasks Anduril with building “critical components and large scale assemblies of the Virginia-class” to be delivered to General Dynamics Electric Boat in Connecticut, and HII Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia, which…

AI Enhances Existing X-Ray Equipment The Israeli company NeuralGuard is enhancing existing X-ray systems used for security screening with artificial intelligence. The technology is designed to automatically detect threats in X-ray images, standardize image analysis, and at the same time increase throughput at security checkpoints. According to the company, the system is already being used at airports and security facilities in Israel and the United States. At security checkpoints, X-ray images have traditionally relied heavily on human interpretation. According to NeuralGuard, fatigue, distraction, varying levels of experience, and inconsistent training among operators can affect the results. The Israeli company has…

This time around, I’m going to finish my Steam Sale round-up by covering great games I think are worth picking up that might not be strictly strategy. You know, because I also play other genres, believe it or not! I wrote 9 articles on those, so there’s plenty of that to go around, covering everything from RTS to 4X. I even did a first-person shooter one. Let’s go over other genres, including RPGs, platformers, action RPGs, and more! Kingdom Come: Deliverance II – 60% Discount ($23.99) Eurotruck Simulator 2 – 75% Discount ($4.99) Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II – 75%…

Anthropic recently disclosed five cases in which users hid their countries while asking Claude for help enhancing pathogens or toxins. This added fuel to the ongoing debate over whether progress in AI should be slowed. Insider warnings of threats to human lives from artificial intelligence have been received as everything from prescient humility to a hoax or marketing stunt. But in a world where AI-designed biological viruses have already been grown in the lab, the threats should be reckoned with in any biodefense strategy.The “AI doomer” model of biological risks is that AI will develop intelligence beyond that of any…

US-based Gogo Special Missions and Boeing subsidiary Insitu have completed the integration and testing of a high-speed, low-latency satellite communications capability for the Integrator uncrewed aircraft system (UAS). The development combines a customised Gogo Galileo HDX electronically steered antenna with Eutelsat OneWeb’s low-Earth-orbit (LEO) constellation, giving the Group 3 platform an ITAR-free, beyond-line-of-sight connectivity option for command and control, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) data transfer The importance of the announcement lies not simply in adding satellite access to a tactical unmanned platform. It is about extending the operational reach of a system designed for persistent theatre-level missions, while enabling…

Alex Pereira is famous for his knockout power, but he might be crossing a bridge too far at heavyweight.That’s what veteran coach Ray Longo thinks after watching Pereira lose to two-time interim—and now undisputed—heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane at UFC White House this past June. Pereira was attempting to become the UFC’s first-ever three-division titleholder, but succumbed to strikes in the second round of their co-main event clash.Up next for Pereira, he faces another heavy hitter in Sergei Pavlovich at UFC 335 on Dec. 12, and Longo wonders if the former light heavyweight and middleweight has finally bitten off more than…