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Our intrepid team covers a lot of ground in this episode: the increasing fluidity of the battlefield, drones and air defense, the biting Black Sea campaign, the causes and aftermath of the firing of Ukraine’s popular defense minister, why Ukraine probably cannot produce PAC-3 air defense missiles (despite what some journalists are telling you), and the likelihood of a new round of Russian mobilization. This episode is Dara Massicot and Michael Kofman at their best.Thanks to NODA AI for supporting this episode. NODA AI is building mission command for autonomous forces. Learn more at warontherocks.com/nodaImage: ArmyInform

New modular system delivers real-time metocean intelligence for polar operations, helideck safety, and built-in cybersecurity. Sponsored by Offshore operations depend on reliable weather and sea-state intelligence. From helidecks and bridge teams to remote operations centers, safety and uptime depend on data that is always available, trusted, and easy to use. Vaisala’s Maritime Automatic Weather Station AWS830 is a new cybersecure, modular offshore weather station built for the maritime industry’s toughest fleets: naval, coast guard, research, offshore and icebreaking vessels operating in the harshest maritime conditions. AWS830 combines meteorological, oceanographic, environmental, and motion measurements into one integrated system for offshore vessels…

Color x Warriors: Merge War is a strategy auto-battler from PERASPERA GAMES PTE. LTD. You will merge to evolve your heroes, deploy them wisely, and watch them unleash dazzling skills in explosive auto battles. In this Color x Warriors: Merge War redeem code article, I’ll list all the codes available in the game that I found after doing a lot of research and spending countless hours. Color x Warriors: Merge War redeem codes and rewards You can recruit over 50 unique mushroom heroes and merge them to create stronger units. Besides, you will upgrade, awaken, and star up your champions…

The second Boeing KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling tanker ordered by Israel landed in the country last week, bringing the Israeli Air Force one step closer to completing a major modernization of its strategic aerial refueling capability. The remaining four aircraft are expected to arrive over the coming months. However, Israel’s KC-46 fleet will differ significantly from the standard aircraft delivered by Boeing. According to Israeli sources, each aircraft will undergo an extensive modification program led by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), transforming the tanker into a highly protected, networked, multi-mission platform tailored to the operational requirements of the Israeli Air Force.…

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. This time last year, Antelope Reef was mostly submerged underwater and barely visible unless you were steaming past at low tide. New satellite imagery, provided to TWZ by Vantor, showcases what the People’s Republic of China (PRC) can construct after 10 months of nonstop dredging: a nearly 1,500-acre artificial island with a deep-water port, 2,000-plus-foot quay capable of berthing warships, and the beginnings of a 10,000-foot-long military-grade runway. Hardly recognizable today, Antelope Reef has become the latest, and one of the largest,…

Alberto Blas has spent much of his bare-knuckle career making short work of opponents, but the BKB super featherweight champion insists he is ready if Brandon Birr turns their rematch into a long night at BKB 58 on August 29. Blas will defend his title against former BKB featherweight champion Birr at the James L. Knight Center in Miami, where the bout is part of a championship card headlined by heavyweight king Gustavo Trujillo against Mark O’Neil. Blas enters the fight with an 8-0 BKB record and eight stoppage victories. Seven of those finishes came in the opening round, creating…

As the Space Force takes on new, multi-billion-dollar national security programs, the service has awarded a new contract to keep those projects on track and on budget, Defense One has learned. The service’s Space Systems Integration Office awarded Integrate, a Seattle-based firm, a multi-million dollar contract for its AI-enabled project management program. Last year, the company netted a $25 million contract with the Space Force’s Mission Manifest Office to manage the service major multi-payload launch operation project. Now, as the service embarks on massive programs such as building the Space Data Network and the Space-Based Airborne Moving Target Indicator, the service…

Every U.S. airline has some kind of frequent flier program that allows flyers to earn miles for every trip they take that can later be redeemed for discounted travel. American Airlines has launched a different kind of program that puts those miles to use for military charities. American Airlines’ new “Miles for Heroes” program allows its AAdvantage® frequent flyers to donate their airline miles to organizations that support the country’s military community. Starting this month, American Airlines’ fliers can donate miles to three organizations— the Gary Sinise Foundation, the Elizabeth Dole Foundation, and the Medal of Honor Foundation—tying the effort…

For eight decades, the United States was the world’s foremost entrepreneur of soft power: the country that built the institutions, vocabulary, and infrastructure of attraction-based influence that Joseph Nye would later conceptualize. In the span of roughly a year, it has become something radically different: a target market where wealthy foreign states, chiefly in the Gulf, now cultivate American elites, universities, and policymakers the way Washington once cultivated theirs. That system is now beginning to run in reverse. The United States is no longer exporting influence alone; it is increasingly importing it. Wealthy foreign states, particularly in the Gulf, are…

Around one-third of group-level CPOs who responded to Procurement Leaders’ Ovation pulse survey said they dedicate less than an hour a week to personal development. For a further 45%, it’s less than two hours. Taken together, it means that fully three-quarters of C-level procurement executives at the world’s largest, most complex companies are spending less than 20 minutes a day on their personal growth and development. This is, of course, understandable. The nature of the global business environment, the increasing complexity of the role, and the sheer volume and frequency of disruptions make a CPO’s working week demanding, draining and…