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Khamzat Chimaev doesn’t care about the title; he just wants to fight Sean Strickland again.In May, Strickland won a split decision over Chimaev to claim the UFC middleweight title in the main event of UFC 328. The loss was the first of Chimaev’s career, and since then, “Borz” has been angling for a rematch. However, it seems like instead, Nassourdine Imavov is next in line to challenge for the middleweight belt, though nothing has been made official, and so Chimaev would have to wait.So instead, Chimaev proposes he and Strickland just fight to settle things outside the UFC.On Monday, Chimaev…

ANSBACH, Germany — Leadership from the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade and U.S. Army Garrison Ansbach hosted local German community leaders on Katterbach Kaserne for the sixteenth Noise Abatement Commission Sept. 11, 2026. U.S. Army Flight Regulations (Army Regulation 95-1) direct Army installations to have noise abatement programs to minimize aircraft noise. The semi-annual Noise Abatement Commission, or NAC, serves as a forum for military leaders and host nation partners to discuss aviation training, aviation operations, address community noise concerns, according to Army in Europe Supplement 1 to AR 95-1. During this NAC, 12th CAB leadership briefed local mayors and community…

Abstract Amid the deteriorating security environment in Colombia, the country’s new president has agreed to renew cooperation with the United States. But today’s illicit criminal networks are larger, more technologically capable, and transnational. Recreating Plan Colombia, a bilateral model that was effective against terrorist organizations, will not work against today’s illicit threats. Instead, both countries must first align around simple, measurable objectives before adopting a phased strategy that restores Colombia’s operational capabilities, regionalizes efforts and develops Colombia into a regional security hub, and institutionalizes multilateral cooperation to ensure the long-term durability of such initiatives. Introduction Cocaine production has more than…

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PARIS — European defense startups are forecast to raise a record $10.5 billion of funding this year, roughly four times the $2.6 billion raised a year earlier and led by investments in firms developing drone technology, according to Dealroom, which tracks data on venture capital funding.Defense startup funding in Europe already reached $7.4 billion as of Sept. 20, led by so-called “mega rounds” raised by Germany’s Helsing and Quantum systems, Dealroom and Resilience Media said in their annual State of Defence Tech report published Monday. That compares to $1.5 billion of funding for European startups in the defense space as…

Early colleges are a model of schooling that combines the high school and college experiences, providing students the opportunity to simultaneously earn a high school diploma and an associate degree or 2 years of college credit. This article updates findings from a 17-year longitudinal experimental study of the model, examining the impact of the model on postsecondary performance and completion. The study found positive impacts on overall degree completion, with very large impacts on associate degree completion. There were also positive impacts on bachelor’s degree completion for low-income students and first-generation college-goers. For students who enrolled in a public 4-year…

A Pentagon breach that exposed sensitive personnel information for months is raising questions yet again about federal agencies’ ability to detect unauthorized access to their records.Information about roughly 3 million people was potentially exposed from October 2025 to July 16, 2026, by a breach of a file-sharing system at the Defense Manpower Data Center, which maintains personnel information used across the military and other government agencies.“Three million people may be the headline, but months of unauthorized access to highly sensitive data going undetected is the real warning,” said Nitay Milner, co-founder and CEO of data security company ORION Security.Nextgov/FCW obtained a copy of the letter,…

GA-ASI Demonstrates Disaster Relief Comms System With SoftBank Corp Japanese Supplier Working With GA-ASI on Communications Payload for MQ-9B SAN DIEGO – 1 October 2026 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has completed a successful flight test using its MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) featuring a new communications payload developed by SoftBank Corp., a major Japanese telecommunications and technology operator. The Disaster Relief Unit (DRU) communications pod can be used for disaster relief and recovery communications in areas where cellular service is not available. The pod was integrated onto an MQ-9B and flown by GA-ASI on July 27. DRU lets…

During the ongoing EURONAVAL 2026 Press Tour organised by the French Maritime Industry Association (GICAN), MBDA confirmed that the company is offering its submarine-launched Exocet anti-ship missile for Indonesia’s future Scorpène Evolved submarines. Responding to a question from Naval News, MBDA said it is offering the SM39 Block 2 Mod 2, the latest submarine-launched Exocet variant currently in full production. The company also confirmed that the ongoing contract for two Scorpène Evolved submarines already includes the capability to launch the SM39, as Naval News previously reported. MBDA said it is offering the SM39 rather than the next-generation SM40, which remains…

Editor’s note: This report contains discussion of suicide. Troops, veterans and family members experiencing suicidal thoughts can call the 24-hour Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988 and dial 1, text 838255 or visit VeteransCrisisLine.net.Fewer veterans died by suicide in 2024 than the previous year, and the rate — the number of deaths per member of the veteran population — also declined slightly, according to a new report from the Department of Veterans Affairs.The VA’s annual suicide prevention report, released last week, said that 6,488 veterans died by suicide in 2024, down from 6,662 in 2023. The rate of suicide among…