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Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., is pressing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency for records on staffing levels and vacancies across its regional offices, warning that workforce cuts over the last year may have weakened the agency’s ability to support state and local governments facing cyber threats. In a Tuesday letter to acting CISA Director Nick Andersen that was first shared with Nextgov/FCW, the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee asked the agency to provide both headquarters and regional organizational charts from January 2025, October 2025 and the present day, along with details on vacancies and explanations as to why employees…

Australia – Minister for Foreign Affairs Joint statement with: The Hon Anthony Albanese MP, Prime Minister of Australia 15 June 2026 The Australian Government welcomes the agreement by the United States and Iran. Australia has long called for de-escalation and an end to the conflict, including in Lebanon. As we have said, the longer this war goes on, the greater the impact will be. Continued restraint and constructive engagement will be essential to prevent further escalation and secure a lasting agreement. We are pleased the agreement between the US and Iran includes steps towards reopening the Strait of Hormuz and…

Iran Press TV Monday, 15 June 2026 12:46 AM A chorus of international praise has greeted the memorandum of understanding (MoU) finalized between Iran and the United States, which brings an immediate and permanent end to the US-Israeli war of aggression on Iran, lifts the naval blockade, and reopens the Strait of Hormuz. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the agreement as a “critical step” toward resolving the conflict. “The Secretary-General hopes that the parties will build on this new momentum and redouble their efforts towards a final resolution of the conflict,” his statement read. Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister…

Gilching, Germany |  16 June 2026: As part of the Interoperable Robotic Convoy (InterRoC) research project, the German Armed Forces has commissioned Quantum Systems to develop and test unmanned convoy solutions for military logistics. The goal of the project is to enable highly automated truck convoys for use in demanding military scenarios while simultaneously investigating the foundations for a standardized certification process for autonomous transport vehicles within the German Armed Forces.  As part of InterRoC, Quantum Systems’ AI and autonomy solutions will be integrated into military vehicle platforms from Daimler Truck. In the future, the vehicles are expected to be capable of…

Military families who homeschool their children would have an easier time moving from state to state under proposed legislation introduced by lawmakers this week. Under the proposal, families would not have to start over in order to comply with the homeschooling laws of their new state, according to Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., who introduced the bill in the House Tuesday. A similar bill was introduced by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in the Senate on Monday. As long as a military family is following either the laws of the service member’s state of legal residence or the laws of the state…

Center stage at last week’s Berlin airshow was the “wingman” drone, Europe’s latest-generation defense weapon designed to accompany fighter jets.As the war in Ukraine in particular has underscored the growing importance of drones and electronic warfare, European and U.S. defense forces are rapidly developing their own AI-powered drones to complement their fighter jets and carry extra sensors, jammers and weapons.In Berlin, four companies — Airbus, Boeing, Helsing and General Atomics — were looking to tout their latest designs of the technology to Germany’s military and beyond.Wingman drones, known as collaborative combat aircraft (CCA), range in size from small interceptors to…

France – Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères Communiqué On : June 15th 2026 The French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs spoke with Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand on the sidelines of the Paris Call for the Two-State Solution. The Ministers hailed the exceptional partnership between France and Canada, and expressed their desire to continue deepening this relationship. They discussed Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East. The French Minister emphasized that only a political solution based on two states, Israel and Palestine, is capable of meeting the legitimate aspirations of both…

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 14: Ilia Topuria of Spain checks his face in the UFC lightweight championship fight during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the South Lawn at the White House on June 14, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC) Ilia Topuria suffered a devastating defeat at UFC White House, and it could be a while before we see the former two-division champion in the octagon again. Spanish news site Marca reported Tuesday that Topuria was released from the hospital with non-displaced fractures in both orbital bones following his brutal stoppage loss to Justin Gaethje on…

Navy Lt. Cmdr. David Westerberg knows how to grin and bear it. After a successful 38-year career in dentistry in Southern California, Westerberg wasn’t quite ready to put down his scalers. Watching his son graduate as a U.S. Navy officer inspired Westerberg in 2022 — at the age of 64 — to also pursue a commission in the sea service. Now, at the age of 67, the naval officer has become the oldest recipient on record to earn the Fleet Marine Force qualification insignia pin, according to a recent release. Attainment of the FMFQO designation signifies that a Navy officer…

Paris, France, 16th June 2026: Alpine Eagle, the European counter-drone defence technology company, and Origin Robotics, the Latvian developer of autonomous unmanned aerial weapons systems, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to combine Origin Robotics’ BLAZE interceptor with Alpine Eagle’s Sentinel architecture, creating a layered sensor-to-effector counter-drone capability. The agreement marks a significant step in Alpine Eagle’s strategy to build the next generation of air defence, connecting sensing, decision-making and interception into a single layered network. It also reflects a broader shift towards integrated air-defence architectures that combine sensors, command-and-control and multiple interception layers into a single operational system.…