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Credit: Defense FeedsDefense Feeds – Washington. The USS Connecticut Set for Return as Seawolf Submarine Nears Deployment milestone marks a significant boost for the U.S. Navy’s undersea warfare capabilities as one of America’s most advanced attack submarines prepares to rejoin the fleet after an extended repair and restoration period.The nuclear-powered submarine, USS Connecticut (SSN-22), is expected to return to operational service in September 2026 following years of maintenance and reconstruction work stemming from a 2021 underwater collision in the Indo-Pacific. Its return comes at a time when the United States is placing increased emphasis on submarine operations amid intensifying strategic…

When U.S. President Donald Trump launched his war on Iran, he promised that the conflict would be quick and easy. “Four to five weeks,” Trump told The New York Times on March 1, a day after the bombings started. “It won’t be difficult.” He echoed those statements at a ceremony the following day: “We’re already substantially ahead of our time projections.” A week later, he told reporters the war would be over “very soon.” Israel and the United States, he declared, had “wiped every single force in Iran out.”The conflict, of course, has defied those predictions. It dragged on for…

The United States may be on the verge of an unprecedented step: procuring major naval vessels from allied shipbuilders in Japan and South Korea to help address growing capacity constraints in the U.S. naval industrial base. A proposed $1.85 billion funding request included in the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2027 budget is increasingly being viewed not merely as a study effort, but as a potential precursor to future warship procurement from allied shipyards. As USNI News first reported, the Pentagon has directed the U.S. Navy to consider Japanese and Korean shipyards and designs for use in the U.S. fleet, with budget…

House lawmakers want to stop any reductions in service or closures of military hospitals or clinics by the Department of Defense, according to draft legislation under consideration this week in the Armed Services Committee.The panel’s personnel subcommittee has proposed limiting the DoD’s plans to restructure the military health system and called for reversing any changes the department has made to 41 military treatment facilities. The subcommittee’s draft of the fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization bill also would improve congressional oversight of military medical reforms by requiring the Defense Health Agency to give quarterly updates to Congress of its plans to…

COLOGNE, Germany — Estonia’s Milrem Robotics, maker of the THeMIS unmanned ground vehicle, has opened an assembly line for its multifunction robots in the Netherlands, the company announced on Thursday.The plant in Born, Netherlands, is run in conjunction with local company VDL Defentec, which specializes in assembling armored vehicles and their electric propulsion.The facility has already produced its first THeMIS unmanned ground vehicle, or UGV, for the Dutch government, part of a run of more than 100 such robots the Netherlands has pledged to send Ukrainian forces, Milrem said in a statement.RELATEDThe tracked THeMIS vehicles are configurable for a plethora…

  Thales will fast-track the delivery of Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles to the Netherlands Armed Forces as part of an urgent operational request.   Bushmaster is a combat-proven vehicle that is in service with nine nations and has already been successfully deployed on operations in the Middle East, Europe, Africa and the Pacific.   The decision reflects close defence cooperation between the Australian Defence Force, the Netherlands Ministry of Defence and Thales. Thales will expedite the delivery of a fleet of Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles to the Netherlands, strengthening the ability of Dutch forces to operate in the contemporary threat…

The U.S. military’s current cyber forces are “insufficient” to leverage the increase of cyber threats facing the nation, propelling the push by some policymakers to create an independent cyber branch, according to a report completed by two independent think tanks.If lawmakers decided to move forward with the development of a U.S. Cyber Force, there would be challenges to its implementation because current responsibilities are shared between the various services and U.S. Cyber Command, per the Wednesday report written by the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. “Many observers contend that the challenge of…

Imagine two stealth fighters taking off from opposite sides of the Pacific. One is the F-35 Lightning II, a jet that has become the backbone of Western air power and serves with more than a dozen nations.The other is China’s J-35, a newer aircraft that many analysts see as Beijing’s most serious attempt yet to challenge American dominance in the skies. That’s what makes the J-35 vs F-35 comparison so compelling.At first glance, it’s tempting to reduce the debate to a few headline numbers, speed, range, or weapon capacity. But modern air combat doesn’t work that way anymore.Today’s fighters are…

UFC star Mauricio Ruffy has addressed questions about his relationship with his former Fighting Nerds team. In his next outing, Mauricio Ruffy will go head to head with Michael Chandler as part of the blockbuster UFC Freedom 250 card. For a long time now, it’s seemed as if he was being lined up as the next big thing at lightweight, and if he can defeat a veteran like Chandler, that will only solidify those beliefs. RELATED: Mauricio Ruffy nearly missed UFC 325 due to pre-fight medical issues Of course, one of the biggest stories in Ruffy’s career thus far has…

UFC star Alex Pereira has opened up on his decision to make the jump up to the promotion’s heavyweight division. Fight fans are well aware of the pedigree that Alex Pereira has in mixed martial arts and in combat sports in general. The Brazilian sensation has achieved some wonderful things since his career started, and now, he stands on the verge of history. RELATED: Ciryl Gane looks ahead to huge Alex Pereira challenge at UFC Freedom 250 In his next fight against Ciryl Gane, Pereira has the chance to win a third weight class world title in the Ultimate Fighting…