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UFC star Bryce Mitchell has explained why he feels good about his move to bantamweight after his triumph over the previously undefeated Santiago Luna. Last weekend, Bryce Mitchell secured a nice submission victory to really continue his hot streak of form since making the switch down from the featherweight division. His inconsistency at 145 led to him making a change, and while it is certainly still early days, he is hoping that he can really start to live up to the potential he had when he first came through the doors of the UFC. Bryce Mitchell has always been an…

Keeping track of all communication and data that flow through a command post, improving reliability, and allowing to shorten the decision loop, this is the aim of Lore, the software developed and recently tested by Lysk, a startup with less than one-year existence Lysk was created in 2025 by a French, a German, and a Polish, one with military and diplomatic background, the other two with business and technical experience. Since inception they aimed at concentrating on software only and finding areas that were mission-critical and that had not been dealt with by anybody else. One of the first evidence…

Credit: Defense FeedsDefense Feeds – Washington: The Elbit and Anduril Unveil SIGMA 155 Howitzer for U.S. Army initiative highlights the growing race to modernize American artillery forces as defense companies compete to provide more mobile, automated and survivable fire support systems for future battlefield operations.Elbit America and Anduril Industries have partnered to offer the SIGMA 155 self-propelled howitzer as a candidate for the U.S. Army’s Self-Propelled Howitzer Modernization (SPH-M) program.The platform combines Elbit’s autonomous artillery technology with Anduril’s advanced software and autonomous systems expertise, creating a solution designed to meet emerging military requirements for long-range precision fires.The proposal arrives at…

Iran’s shuttering of the Strait of Hormuz, and the United States’ failure to restore the free flow of maritime traffic, has put a spotlight on just how much the global economy depends on ships’ ability to pass unencumbered through key waterways—and how fragile that right is. But well before the strait’s closure, a long era of free seas was already coming to an end.Critical maritime chokepoints around the world have become fraught with new risks. Beginning in late 2023, for instance, the Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Yemen has throttled transit through the Red Sea, forcing major shippers to reroute away…

People’s Daily Online (Xinhua) 08:10, June 09, 2026 PYONGYANG, June 8 (Xinhua) — Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese president, said on Monday that the relationship between China and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) stands at a new historical starting point. Xi made the remarks while attending a welcome banquet hosted by Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK. Xi pointed out that China and the DPRK, linked by mountains and rivers and sharing a…

Army mortar teams have replaced 20-year-old software used to calculate firing data and ballistics with a new application designed for smartphones and tablets.In a press release, the Army said the Mortar App was approved for release to all Army mortar units in March 2026 following roughly three years of testing and six years of development.Julia Gustafson, a computer engineer at the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center and the app’s project lead, described it as “something modern, user-friendly and responsive.”According to Gustafson, soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division were able to use the app effectively with minimal training. The…

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This spring, Americans have read leaked details from inside the Situation Room. We have read internal White House emails warning staff not to talk to reporters; emails that were themselves leaked. We have read about Signal threads containing operational plans, and about classified maps shown to unauthorized eyes. The Justice Department has issued subpoenas to reporters covering the war in Iran. Two intelligence officials have already been referred for criminal charges. A third referral is on the way. You may read those headlines and share the president’s frustration. Leaks of national security information are not journalism; they are a breach…

When I wrote “Cognitive Warfare to Dominate and Redefine Adversary Realities: Implications for U.S. Special Operations Forces” for Joint Special Operations University Press in late 2025, I believed the core argument for this unique form of warfare  was sound and the concept novel enough to justify military investment as the human mind is a distinct domain of conflict and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a force multiplier for influence at scale. Pieces of that argument are still fundamentally sound. However, follow-up Q&A with Special Operations Forces (SOF) operators, Combatant Command staff, and senior officials who have seen rebranding of information operations…

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. A U.S. Navy uncrewed surface vessel (USV) found and rescued the crew of a U.S. Army Apache that went down overnight near the Strait of Hormuz, in the Gulf of Oman. This is the first known use of a drone boat executing a personnel recovery action as part of a military search and rescue operation, and it’s likely a glimpse of what’s to come. The cause of the incident is otherwise under investigation. Navy Capt. Tim Hawkins, a U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM)…