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KYIV, Ukraine — The Space Force and the Pentagon have commissioned two companies to build new reconnaissance satellites capable of delivering high-resolution “space-to-space imagery” of objects more than 22,000 miles above Earth.Space Systems Command awarded the prototype contracts to Northrop Grumman and True Anomaly under the Geosynchronous High-Resolution Optical Space-Based Tactical Reconnaissance program, or GHOST-R, on Sept. 18.The deal pairs a veteran American defense prime with a four-year-old space tech company – both of which are already under contract with the Space Force to develop space-based interceptors for the Pentagon’s Golden Dome missile defense initiative.“To be able to negate threats…

Home › Fight Videos › Seiya Inoue Scores Wild RIZIN KO, Tells Father Battling Cancer: “Let’s Keep Fighting Together” Seiya Inoue scored a first-round knockout over Ryusei Ashizawa after a chaotic exchange-heavy fight at RIZIN LANDMARK 16 in Nagasaki. Inoue floored Ashizawa with a counter left hook and ended the contest with ground strikes at 4:56 of the opening round. The 61kg MMA bout was the fourth fight on the October 3 card at Nagasaki Stadium City’s HAPPINESS ARENA, with Inoue representing THE BLACKBELT JAPAN and Ashizawa competing as a free agent. The official result was recorded as a Round…

Home › UFC News › Sports Doctor Disputes Glover Teixeira’s Take On Raoni Barcelos’ UFC Vegas 121 Collapse Sports medicine doctor Brian Sutterer, MD, has challenged Glover Teixeira’s description of Raoni Barcelos’ frightening collapse at UFC Vegas 121, warning against framing a loss of consciousness after head trauma as the body protecting an athlete from further punishment. Barcelos was taken to a Level 1 trauma center after going unconscious in the fifth round of his September 26 main event against Raul Rosas Jr. at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. Rosas was awarded the stoppage at 1:38 of round five,…

Veterans seeking information about federal food assistance may encounter outdated eligibility guidelines from the Agriculture Department, according to a new Government Accountability Office report.The Agriculture Department’s SNAP eligibility information did not accurately reflect changes affecting veterans and the program’s time-limited participation rules as of September 2026, according to a new Government Accountability Office report. GAO also found that veterans face misconceptions and other barriers to applying for benefits and recommended that USDA update its information and develop outreach materials specifically for veterans.The issue centers on SNAP’s three-month time limit for certain able-bodied adults without dependents who do not meet work…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A National Guard member deployed to Washington, D.C., as part of a mission launched by President Donald Trump has been arrested for carrying an unauthorized firearm after a traffic stop by U.S. Park Police. Spec. Jakob Noonan, 22, of the Oklahoma Guard, was arrested Monday and charged with the gun-related offense. According to documents reviewed by The Associated Press, the soldier was riding with a fellow Guard member when a U.S. Park Police officer stopped the vehicle for an expired tag. Noonan’s arrest marks the second time in two months that a member of the task force…

This is the first half of the third part (I, II) of our long-delayed series looking at Hearts of Iron IV, Paradox Interactive’s World War II grand strategy game, easily one of the most popular historical games on the market today and thus tremendously influential in both the popular history and gaming spaces. Over the last two parts, we took a look at the military simulation that sits at the heart of Hearts of Iron, a division-level operational simulation of World War II, along with the doctrinal framework that contextualizes what is actually happening as divisions collide along the game’s…

Louisiana-based boatbuilder Metal Shark has been awarded a U.S. Government contract to build 13 patrol boats for Vietnam, with options for additional vessels. Metal Shark press release The contract expands Metal Shark’s presence in Asia and builds on the company’s successful delivery of 24 purpose-built 45 Defiant military patrol boats to the Vietnam Coast Guard between 2017 and 2020. The 45-foot welded-aluminum vessels enhanced Vietnam’s maritime security and law-enforcement capabilities while supporting the growing security partnership between the United States and Vietnam following the lifting of the decades-long U.S. arms embargo in 2016. The 13 new Defiant-class patrol boats will…

Federal employees and retirees will pay an additional 10.9% on average toward their health insurance premiums in 2026, the third straight year of double-digit increases, according to the Office of Personnel Management.The government’s share of Federal Employee Health Benefits Program premiums will increase by an average of 8.6% in 2026, making the overall cost increase 9.3%. This year, the increase in employees’ share of insurance premiums was 12.3%, and in 2025 that increase apexed at 13.5%.For enrollees in the nascent Postal Service Health Benefits Program, premiums are expected to rise 8.2% on average, while the government’s contribution towards those benefits…

Natalia Silva and Wang Cong seem ready to fight.On Saturday, Silva and Wang square off for the vacant women’s flyweight title in the main event of UFC 332 in Salt Lake City, but on Friday, the two nearly got to things early during the ceremonial weigh-ins after Wang taunted Silva during their final faceoff.After hitting the scale for the Salt Lake City crowd, Silva hopped down and went to faceoff with Wang, who was wearing the Joker makeup that’s become a calling card. Wang had her arms up in a fighting pose and approached Silva while popping her hips repeatedly,…

Tel Aviv, Israel, October 1, 2026 – Axon Vision (TASE: AXN), a developer of advanced artificial intelligence solutions for defense applications, today announced the successful completion of a ForceField live-fire demonstration in Israel for a leading U.S. defense contractor with significant capabilities in ground systems and platform integration. Representatives of the U.S. company traveled to Israel specifically for the demonstration, which evaluated ForceField under operationally representative conditions against FPV drone threats. The demonstration achieved multiple successful kinetic defeats of operational FPV targets and validated ForceField’s complete Detect-Understand-Respond operational cycle, from passive detection that creates decision time, through AI-driven threat classification…