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The U.S. Army is testing counter-drone technology in the U.S.-Mexico border area, seeking to sharpen its defenses against the growing threat of drone use by cartels and emulate the rapid battlefield innovation happening in Ukraine’s war with Russia.At Falcon Peak, a U.S. Northern Command exercise held in September in Arizona, soldiers watched as defense firms demonstrated radars, interceptor drones, autonomous gun systems and other technologies designed to detect, track and destroy small unmanned aircraft. Army officials said drones crossing the southern border are typically systems sold commercially and used by criminals for surveillance linked to their smuggling and human trafficking…

The nation’s top spy is now also the White House’s AI czar.President Donald Trump named Jay Clayton, who was sworn in as director of national intelligence in July, to lead what Trump referred to in a Truth Social post as the “Super Intelligence Force” meant to coordinate the government’s engagement with various organizations, critical-infrastructure providers, and AI companies.Last month, Trump ordered federal agencies to start calling AI “super intelligence.”According to its charter, the task force will create plans to handle AI-enabled threats, streamline breach notifications, and improve government-response capacities while aiming to avoid overregulation. Its creation follows growing public concerns over AI…

PHOENIX — For the first time in five years, the U.S. Army is back at the Arizona State Fair. Local recruiters have returned with an interactive exhibit booth, swapping formal office desks for fairgrounds’ fun to meet face-to-face with the public in a high-energy, low-pressure setting.The return to the Phoenix fairgrounds marks a major push by the Phoenix Recruiting Battalion to reach individuals who may not have met with a recruiter at their high school, or who have hesitated to seek information in a formal office environment. Local recruiters will staff the booth every Friday throughout the fair’s run.Echoing the…

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping materials discovery into a more integrated pipeline by combining data generation, surrogate prediction, and, in selected settings, closed-loop experimentation at an unprecedented rate. However, the institutional mechanisms needed to govern reproducibility, interoperability, and oversight across these workflows remain underdeveloped. This perspective examines how federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) can close that gap across three domains: data and infrastructure, algorithmic intelligence, and autonomous experimentation. In each, absent a national coordinating body, these decisions default to institutions not built for coordination, accountability, or mission persistence. We propose a two-tier leadership model in which science and…

Kyiv (Ukraine) / Ulm (Germany), 05 October 2026 – On the sidelines of Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s visit to Ukraine, HENSOLDT CEO Oliver Dörre signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence to strengthen air defence surveillance. HENSOLDT and the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence are deepening their strategic partnership to strengthen Ukraine’s air defence surveillance. The memorandum of understanding provides for further large-scale deliveries of radar systems. The collaboration also encompasses the further development of radar capabilities. In addition, the partners intend to examine options for the deployment and joint operation of TRL-4D LR long-range radars. HENSOLDT…

Home › UFC News › Paulo Costa Blasts UFC and Dana White in Deleted Post “Incompetent” Paulo Costa took aim at the UFC and Dana White in a deleted social-media post, accusing the promotion of poor matchmaking and claiming its president has become distracted by boxing. The light heavyweight contender also argued that Alexander Volkov should be next in line for a UFC heavyweight title fight. Costa’s post, shared on X before it was removed, read: “The UFC seems lost-lacking focus and direction.” He continued: “Fight cards are cobbled together from whatever is left over, and Dana White mixes up…

The JAS 39 Gripen was built around a simple Swedish idea: one fighter should do several jobs, take off from places a large air base cannot, and get back into the air quickly.That sounds ordinary today. It wasn’t in the 1980s.Sweden wanted a replacement for the Saab Viggen that could handle jakt, attack and spaning, meaning fighter, attack and reconnaissance missions. That trio gives the aircraft its JAS name. Instead of buying separate aircraft for each role, Sweden put them into one compact platform.The first JAS 39 Gripen prototype flew on December 9, 1988. The first production aircraft reached the…

AM General’s latest upgraded version of the tactical 4X4, called the HUMVEE, incorporates a range of technology advancements that bring the platform not only to a new level of performance but one that could be considered leading-edge in filling the tactical support and logistics requirements in a manner equal to its HMMWV predecessor. (AM General)AM General is presenting the latest version of the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), which it calls the HUMVEE, incorporating a range of advanced technologies that enhance the capabilities of this legendary tactical vehicle. The new vehicle includes a 250-horsepower 6.5-litre engine with a common-rail…

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org All 12 American bombers deployed in Britain rapidly returned to the U.S. on Oct. 4 following security concerns about a potential Iranian threat to their base in the U.K.  The dozen B-1B Lancer bombers, which were stationed at RAF Fairford amid ongoing hostilities with Iran, departed over the course of a day, local aircraft spotters said. The U.S. military later confirmed the unexpected departure of the aircraft.  “All U.S. bombers that were…