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Credit: Griffon AerospaceDefense Feeds – Washington. The Griffon Aerospace Secures $68M Contract for Outlaw Gen 3 Drone award highlights the Pentagon’s growing reliance on affordable unmanned systems as modern warfare increasingly shifts toward mass-produced, attritable drones capable of operating in contested environments.Griffon Aerospace has received a contract worth nearly $68 million to supply the newly revealed Outlaw Gen 3 unmanned aerial system, marking the first publicly disclosed connection between the platform and Operation Epic Fury, the U.S.-led military campaign against Iran. The contract signals growing military interest in low-cost drones that can support reconnaissance, strike coordination, electronic warfare and other…

The UK Royal Navy (RN) is progressing plans to undertake flight trials of a jet-powered Autonomous Collaborative Platform (ACP) from a Queen Elizabeth-class (QEC) aircraft carrier by the end of next year. Speaking at the Defence Leaders CNE 2026 conference in Farnborough on 20 May, Commodore Steve Bolton, Deputy Director Aviation Programmes and Futures, said Project Vanquish was a joint endeavour with the Royal Air Force (RAF) to demonstrate a fixed-wing short take off and landing ACP to inform development of the RN’s Hybrid Air Wing concept. The Hybrid Air Wing, which envisages the transition to a largely uncrewed Fleet…

House Republicans axed a provision to the annual defense policy bill that would have ended the Trump administration’s practice of using the military’s uniformed lawyers from serving as immigration judges and special U.S. attorneys in Democrat-run cities.Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo, proposed the amendment during the House Armed Service Committee’s markup of the National Defense Authorization Act on Thursday afternoon. The provision would have amended U.S. law to clarify that the judge advocate generals corps could only be assigned to military-related duties. Republican lawmakers, including HASC Chairman Mike Rogers, ultimately batted down the provision in a 31-26 vote, according to the…

U.S. forces conducted an interdiction of the sanctioned stateless oil tanker Davina overnight in the Indian Ocean, the U.S. military’s Indo-Pacific Command said on Friday.Washington has imposed a blockade on Iran’s sea trade while Tehran has fired on ships to prevent them sailing through the Strait of Hormuz waterway at the entrance to the Middle ​East Gulf.U.S. forces have intercepted multiple commercial and oil tankers in the Indian Ocean in recent months.“We will continue global maritime enforcement to disrupt illicit networks and interdict vessels providing material support to Iran, wherever they operate,” the Indo-Pacific Command wrote in an X post.The…

Credit: Defense FeedsDefense Feeds – Washington. The U.S. Navy Prepares Marauder MR-001 Drone Vessel for Sea Trials milestone marks another significant step in the service’s effort to integrate autonomous platforms into future maritime operations as the Pentagon accelerates development of unmanned naval technologies.The Marauder MR-001 Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV) is scheduled to begin sea trials as part of a broader U.S. Navy initiative aimed at evaluating how autonomous ships can support future fleet operations. The upcoming tests are expected to provide valuable insights into the vessel’s performance, operational reliability and potential role within an increasingly networked naval force.As global…

Valentina Shevchenko has not answered Wang Cong’s latest attack, and that silence is now part of the story. Cong took aim at the UFC women’s flyweight champion after a reported UFC Macau fan Q&A dispute, but as of the latest reports, Shevchenko has made no public response to the rant. Valentina Shevchenko Refuses to Engage After Wang Cong’s Brutal Social Media Blast Cong’s post was blunt. She called Shevchenko a “sore loser,” a “compulsive liar,” and “Box Office Poison,” while claiming Shevchenko asked UFC to avoid a joint appearance in Macau. The comments spread quickly because of the history between…

Adversaries do not need to breach the Pentagon’s systems: They only need to harvest the logic of the publicly released frontier AI models that underpin them. This is a defining risk as the Department of Defense pivots to an “AI-first” warfighting machine. In this new context, military predominance is a derivative of AI model supremacy. From Project Maven’s intelligence fusion to the high-velocity sensor-to-shooter loops of Anduril’s Lattice, the Defense Department’s most advanced systems are tethered to the frontier models forged by tech heavyweights like Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI. As long as these firms hold the high ground in the…

Ulm, Germany, 05.06.2026, 2026 – Elbit Systems Deutschland, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd., will participate in the ILA Berlin Air Show 2026, taking place in Berlin, Germany. The company will highlight a range of advanced technologies tailored to the needs of the German Armed Forces and European partners, reflecting its growing role in supporting Germany’s defense capabilities and NATO cooperation. Elbit Systems Deutschland will welcome visitors at Hall D, Stand 240. Elbit Systems is a long-term partner of the German defense forces in key domains such as launcher and rocket systems, aircraft protection suites, naval electronic warfare, and command-and-control…

Michael Chandler is still hopeful he will get a chance to fight Conor McGregor. Chandler had been holding out to fight McGregor in his return after the two coached TUF against one another. Yet, the bout didn’t happen, and now McGregor will be making his return against Holloway. Although Chandler is fighting on the White House card, he is still confident that he and McGregor will fight, whether it’s in the UFC or outside the promotion. “It’s funny, man: Me vs. Conor, whether it was ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ in the lead-up, then the actual training camp, then the pullout of…

As part of its sweeping reorganization plans, the Agriculture Department is telling at least some federal employees they have until the end of the month to decide whether they will pick up and relocate — or otherwise resign from their jobs. Food Safety and Inspection Service employees who have been flagged for a reassignment received notice earlier this week from agency management, regarding an “updated management-directed reassignment acknowledgement.” The internal agency message, obtained and viewed by Federal News Network, sets a June 30 deadline for affected FSIS employees to make their relocation decision, which would then take effect at the…