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The Senate approved a nearly $70 billion package early Friday, moving Republicans one step closer to funding immigration and deportation activities for the next three years without negotiating new constraints on federal agents with Democrats.The 52-47 mostly party-line vote sends the measure to the House, where GOP lawmakers in that chamber could send it to President Donald Trump for his signature as soon as next week.Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski was the only Republican to vote no. Colorado Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet did not vote.Majority Leader John Thune said GOP leaders were forced to draft the package after Democrats “walked away”…

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News June 04, 2026 Lisa Daigle Assistant Managing Editor Military Embedded Systems Stock image/Pexels EAST SYRACUSE, N.Y. Saab will fulfill an order from the U.S. Army worth $22.4 million to deliver vehicle tactical engagement simulation system base kits under the Army’s Bridge to Enduring Synthetic Training Environment Tactical Engagement Simulation Systems Multiple-Award Contract (BEST MAC). The contract — part of a larger potential contract that could total $60.8 million over 60 months — calls for Saab to support the U.S. Army’s Tactical Engagement Simulation Systems (TESS) program through the delivery of Vehicle Tactical Engagement Simulation System (VTESS) Base Kits. The Saab system –…

ROME — Battles in tunnels in Gaza and fierce underground fighting in Ukraine have convinced special forces units around the world to brush on the latest techniques in subterranean combat, but they are facing a problem — where do you train for that?One answer lies in Italy, where a growing number of nations are lining up to use an unlikely location built deep underground in the 1930s by the government of Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.Lurking under woodland in Fornovo Taro near Parma lies a system of five massive, drum-shaped cisterns which once held aviation fuel as well as 2km…

SAAB has introduced a special Arctic Poncho specific to hiding the soldier in snow and ice backgrounds. (SAAB) Inexpensive and relatively simple unmanned drones have proliferated on the battlefield. Capable of approaching discreetly and carrying and delivering explosive payloads, they are targeting and attacking not only vehicles and equipment but also stalking individual soldiers. Hiding from them is challenging because they use visual and thermal-sensitive cameras to spot targets. These thermal sensors measure temperature differences in the environment. They can detect “hot” objects like vehicles or living beings that stand out against “cooler” backgrounds, even if concealed by foliage or…

In August 2024, scholars at a Xiamen-based think tank published a paper urging Beijing to immediately establish a shadow Taiwan government on the Chinese mainland in preparation for a full takeover of the island. “It is imperative to prepare a plan for the comprehensive takeover of Taiwan after unification,” they said. The scholars were writing at a fraught moment for Beijing.Only months earlier, the anti-China Democratic Progressive Party had taken office after a third consecutive presidential election win. Unusually for a Chinese publication on such a sensitive topic, the paper made several frank admissions: that opposition to unification within Taiwan…

With the sale of its civilian activities, the Rheinmetall Group has reached a milestone in its strategic realignment. Rheinmetall and the Munich-based industrial group AEQUITA have now signed a purchase agreement that paves the way for the future of Rheinmetall’s former Power Systems division under new management.  For some time now, Rheinmetall has been focusing on the rapidly growing business with military customers and security agencies, while at the same time expanding its technological portfolio into the domains of air, sea and space. Since last year, the Group has been in talks with potential buyers for its civilian business, which…

Building on the operational heritage of the legacy OPAL, the Next-Gen solution introduces AI-enabled decision support, enhanced manned-unmanned teaming capabilities, and real-time multi-domain operations, while building on a proven operational foundation already deployed across a broad range of platforms, including fighter jets, UAVs, naval vessels, and command centers, with seamless interoperability with NATO standards, including Link-16 OPAL-NG will be demonstrated for the first time at ILA Berlin at the Company booth Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is unveiling OPAL Next Generation (NG), the latest evolution of the Company’s airborne decentralized battle management solution for 6th generation platforms. Building on over a…

Report June 5, 2026 • 11:07 am ET Print this page By Alexis Harmon and Reed Blakemore This report, the first in the Redefining Resilience series of publications, examines demand-side innovation for critical mineral supply chains: the set of strategies that reduce how much of a constrained mineral an economy requires and expand the range of viable supply options. It argues that critical mineral supply chain policy has a structural blind spot. It has been organized around the question of where materials come from while largely ignoring an equally consequential set of questions: how much of these materials economies actually…

The House Armed Services Committee advanced a defense policy bill Friday that would authorize the largest defense budget in history — $1.15 trillion — and gives military service members a 5% to 7% pay raise, depending on their rank.In a marathon markup session that lasted from Thursday morning until 12:00 a.m. Friday, committee members debated and passed nearly 600 amendments and the bill language of the fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act.The committee approved the proposed legislation in a 44-12 vote. It now proceeds to the House floor, where it is expected to be considered in mid-July.House Armed Services Committee…