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SAN DIEGO — 05 October 2026 — General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and the U.S. Navy’s Strike Planning and Execution Systems program office (PMX-281) collaborated on a demonstration of collaborative autonomous mission planning using GA-ASI’s MQ-20 Avenger® Autonomous Collaborative Platform (ACP) test aircraft on September 10 from GA-ASI’s Gray Butte Flight Operations Facility near Palmdale, California, and the Mission Operations Center located in Poway, California. The team extended the Navy’s planning systems with Autonomy Government Reference Architecture (A GRA)-compliant mission context. This allows mission autonomy software to understand a human commander’s intent, then exercise autonomous judgment and autonomously coordinate…

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While the Trump administration overhauled foreign assistance spending as part of its cost-cutting efforts, a pair of new watchdog reports found that officials have been forced to walk back many of their cuts, including by recalling laid off employees, and have failed to properly track what they modified. The State Department last year laid off more than 1,000 employees as part of a reorganization at about the same time that it also took over many foreign aid programs after the shuttering of the U.S. Agency for International Development. The Government Accountability Office reported in an analysis published last week that officials…

If you’ve ever wondered why a guy who can run 100 meters faster than virtually every human who has ever lived might still be less commercially valuable than a mediocre second-string NFL quarterback, welcome to track and field. Phenomenal athletes. Terrible business model. This past weekend, World Athletics tried something different. What Is the World Athletics Ultimate Championship? The inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship ran Sept. 11–13 in Budapest, bringing roughly 400 elite athletes into a compact three-evening championship designed specifically as a season-ending showdown. Olympic champions, world champions, Diamond League winners and top-ranked athletes were thrown together without the…

PARIS — France test-fired an upgraded version of its M51 strategic ballistic missile from a submarine for the first time on Tuesday, a capability demonstration that President Emmanuel Macron called “very important” for the country’s strategic credibility and which he said would be monitored by allies and adversaries alike.The nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarine Le Vigilant fired an M51.3 missile in an acceptance test following the boat’s overhaul, the Ministry of the Armed Forces said in a statement. The missile, which didn’t carry a nuclear warhead, was launched off Finistère in western France and splashed down in the North Atlantic several hundred…

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Shihan Ryu Narushima is emphatic that sports shouldn’t be treated like an unpleasant part of a person’s daily chores. They should just be a part of their life. He was one of the special guest lecturers at the SENSHI camp in Varna between February 17-19. This was the occasion for his interview for Boec.com so that we can learn a little bit more about martial arts. The special interview was aired on Bloomberg TV Bulgaria’s show “In Progress…”. “Sports aren’t a sacrifice for men. I look at them as something necessary. Something that needs work and time investment. For me,…

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KIRYAT GAT – IWI (Israel Weapon Industries), an SK Group company and global leader in small arms manufacturing, is proud to announce that Argentina’s Armed Forces have selected the company’s ARAD 5 and ARAD 7 rifles, in a government-to-government (G2G) agreement led by the Israel Ministry of Defense’s International Defense Cooperation Directorate (SIBAT). The selection marks an important milestone in the platform’s established presence among military and law enforcement customers worldwide. Argentina’s Ministry of Defense formally presented the ARAD 5 and ARAD 7 earlier this week, underscoring the rifles’ role in modernizing the country’s individual weapons capabilities. The selection reflects…

Thales Australia and 3ME Technology have today unveiled a versatile new platform that leverages key features of the Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle (PMV). Building on the combat-proven strength and reliability of the Bushmaster, BladeHAUL is a self-propelled, hybrid, heavy-duty, off-road, extra-large uncrewed ground vehicle (XL-UGV), engineered to outperform all existing and planned counterparts in payload capacity and operational flexibility. Manufactured in Bendigo and Newcastle, using the Bushmaster production line and 3ME’s leading power, hybrid drive and control systems expertise, BladeHAUL represents a significant step forward in sovereign Australian defence capability. BladeHAUL is designed to support a broad range of logistics…