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The U.S. Department of Defense needs $80 billion to cover costs from the Iran war as well as other non-war-related bills, Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg told lawmakers in phone calls this week, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.A full U.S. supplemental request, which will include money for the Pentagon as well as non-defense priorities such as farm and disaster relief, could be sent to lawmakers in the coming days, the newspaper added.Reuters could not immediately verify the report. The Pentagon declined to comment. The White House was not immediately available for comment…

The Spanish Navy has conducted a test launch of the Hornet Block 1 interceptor from the F-81 Santa María frigate. The firing took place on 18 June 2026 as part of a joint demonstration with Destinus to evaluate containerised deployment of the system for ship-based air defence. The test involved the launch of a single Hornet Block 1 from a containerised unit installed on the frigate. The Santa María, an Oliver Hazard Perry-class vessel, was used to examine how the interceptor could be integrated onto existing naval platforms without major structural changes. The demonstration focused on the system’s ability to…

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. The new Air Force VC-25B Bridge jet “has officially arrived at the Presidential Airlift Group and will commence its initial commissioning flights, marking the successful delivery of a secure, modified executive platform,” the Air Force announced Friday afternoon. As we have reported in the past, this modified, Qatari-gifted 747-8i, is set to serve as an interim Air Force One aircraft ahead of the much-delayed arrival of two fully outfitted VC-25Bs from Boeing. The jet wears President Trump’s preferred paint scheme, a major…

Credit: CastelionDefense Feeds, Washington – The Blackbeard hypersonic missile has moved a step closer to operational service after the U.S. Navy placed its first order for 50 missiles intended for deployment aboard F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter aircraft. The procurement marks a significant milestone in the Navy’s effort to field high-speed precision strike weapons capable of engaging heavily defended targets at extended ranges.The acquisition reflects growing emphasis on hypersonic technologies as the United States seeks to maintain military advantages against increasingly capable adversaries. Integrating a hypersonic weapon with carrier-based aircraft could provide naval forces with a new option for penetrating advanced…

June 5 – 18, 2026 Welcome back to the WordPress.com changelog! These two weeks smoothed out everyday work — sharper image editing and easier-to-scan notifications. And if you connect an AI agent like Claude or ChatGPT to your site, it can now do a lot more, including editing your site’s design and managing plugins. Editing and media Crop and resize without the friction Working with images on your site just got more forgiving. The in-editor crop and resize tools are now available across all WordPress.com sites, so you can frame a photo exactly how you want it without leaving the…

UFC White House is over, so we’re headed back to the APEX.On Saturday, the UFC returns to its personal arena for UFC Vegas 119, the chaser to the UFC’s biggest event of the year. In the main event, Manel Kape and Kyoji Horiguchi rematch their 2017 RIZIN fight, but this time there are flyweight title implications on the line.Ahead of Saturday’s event, MMA Fighting’s Jed Meshew and Alexander K. Lee preview Kape vs. Horiguchi 2 and debate whether Kape can get things done thins time. Additionally, the two discuss light heavyweight co-main event between Navajo Stirling and Ion Cutelaba, break…

Pokémon Champions is a new battle-focused strategy RPG released on mobile. Developed by The Pokémon Company, this new game isn’t like traditional Pokémon adventures; instead, it focuses more on team building, collecting Pokémon, and taking on other trainers around the world in competitive gym battles. Because Pokémon Champions revolves around strategic turn-based Pokémon battles, new players might find it hard to grasp the basics. So, if you’re new to the game, this Pokémon Champions Beginners Guide will walk you through the gameplay basics and share useful tips to help you. Also, read our Redeem Codes article to get freebies. Pokémon…

President of Ukraine 19 June 2026 – 01:55 In Brussels, during the 35th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, with the participation of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, and the defense ministers of partner countries, participants discussed strengthening Ukraine’s air defense, the supply of artillery shells and UGVs, and the development of a European anti-ballistic program. The Head of State thanked all participants of the meeting for their assistance to Ukraine. “Some of you, dear friends, I remember from the very first days of this war. Some ministers have changed over time. But what matters, and…

The finding supports/confirms FAS needs an evaluation approach that distinguishes between the reseller’s and the VAR’s value/price to the customer. Roger Waldron June 19, 2026 12:56 pm 3 min read On June 2, the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service posted on its Interact Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Community site a “Summary of Results of Request for Information (RFI) about IT Hardware procured through Value Added Resellers (VAR)” (the summary). The summary outlined key insights gleaned from the 136 responses received in response to FAS’s January RFI. The RFI sought commercial market information from stakeholders “to enhance the Government’s understanding…

The contemporary discourse on drone-driven warfare rarely suggests the end of maneuver, but it highlights an increasingly perilous gap between tactical movement and force survivability in a hypertransparent environment. Against this backdrop, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s sustained commitment to amphibious armor invites examination of how a high-end force intends to bridge that gap in the contested littoral space. The recent discovery of a mine-clearing variant built on China’s new amphibious armored vehicle chassis, successor to the Type-05 series, shows that Beijing is not pivoting away from the littoral zone in the face of drone proliferation. Instead, China’s defense industrial…