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News August 14, 2026 Lisa Daigle Assistant Managing Editor Military Embedded Systems Stock image/Unsplash FREMONT, Calif. Saitech reports that it won a NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) VI contract recently in “Category A,” which covers information technology, communications, and audiovisual soluitons.  As a Category A contract participant, Saitech will be able to offer NASA solutions under a simplified procurement schedule for commercial information technology products and product-based services. The huge NASA SEWP VI — a multiple-award government-wide acquisition contract (GWAC) having a ceiling of $20 billion in total — enables federal agencies across the U.S. government to efficiently procure commercial IT solutions that support mission-critical operations, modernization…

You thought I’d forgotten to check out some Nintendo Switch deals this week, didn’t you? Well, here I am rounding up a few turn-based RPGs available on Nintendo’s handheld console at some seriously rock-bottom prices. The Nintendo Switch remains particularly well suited to turn-based games, whether they involve working through a lengthy RPG campaign at home or completing a few tactical encounters in handheld mode. Fortunately, the current selection of U.S. Nintendo eShop discounts includes several games that make good use of both styles of play. The deals below cover traditional JRPGs, tactical RPGs, monster-taming adventures, deckbuilders, and roguelikes. Every…

FORT BENNING, Ga. — Tucked behind the competition ranges and training bays of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit sits one of the Army’s most influential yet least seen workshops: the Custom Firearms Shop. This small team of expert gunsmiths, machinists, ballistic specialists and range technicians has shaped American marksmanship and battlefield lethality for more than half a century. While the USAMU is widely recognized for producing world-class competitive shooters, its quiet powerhouse is the Custom Firearms Shop — a critical contributor to both match-day victories and combat effectiveness. The shop’s mission is twofold: it “produces top-quality, match-grade rifles, pistols and…

In the United States, the legal status of the 30 to 40 million annual firearms transactions is defined by state and federal regulations. These regulations primarily aim to reduce criminal misuse while preserving access for the large majority of adults who lack a serious criminal record or are otherwise proscribed from possession. Illegal firearms transactions are embedded in the “formal market”—sales, mostly of new guns, by licensed retail dealers required to screen purchasers and maintain records—and the “informal market,” where any of the 80 million gun owners may act as a source. A growing fraction of illegal transactions involve privately…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Less than a year after President Trump reversed a Biden-era decision to keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado, space intelligence operations are being conducted in existing offices at Redstone Arsenal while a permanent headquarters is built on base.By year’s end, SPACECOM plans to have roughly 200 of the 1,800 Colorado-based positions at the Army base. Roughly 50 of those employees are already conducting missions with the command’s Joint Intelligence Support element, or JISE, which is already doing analysis for space operations and coordinating with allies. Those analysts are also coordinating with colleagues working, at least for the…

U.S. Central Command will stand up the inaugural task force focused on multi-domain, multinational attack drones.Task Force Falcon Strike will utilize one-way attack drones composed of unmanned systems from above, on and below the sea, managed by U.S. military support staff and regional partners, according to a Thursday release.The move to launch this unit follows CENTCOM’s establishment of Task Force Scorpion Strike in December 2025, a Middle East-based task force equipped with one-way attack drones as the military strived to integrate drone technology across the services. “Task Force Falcon Strike will expand on Scorpion Strike’s success given the tremendous innovation…

For many years, investigators have been documenting Russian atrocities in Ukraine, one crime at a time. Taken together, these investigations reveal a far larger and more disturbing pattern, with the scale, reach, and severity of the violence escalating dramatically following Russia’s full-scale invasion. Since 2022, United Nations investigators have documented mass detentions and the industrial-scale torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians. Human rights organizations have exposed the largest forced deportation of children since World War II. Ukrainian prosecutors have cataloged vast networks of filtration camps and the ruthless eradication of Ukrainian national identity in regions under Russian occupation.…

But one spectator who was not amused by the clap back was former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. “The Eagle” now serves as head coach for Makhachev and scolded the reigning UFC welterweight titleholder for his handling of the Ian Garry remarks at Thursday night’s media festivities.“Ian Garry was talking very nicely about him,” Nurmagomedov said. “[Islam] said ‘shut up.’ Be nice, brother. Sometimes, maybe you don’t like somebody, but when somebody give you respect, at least be quiet. Don’t say ‘shut up.’ You wanna say it’s not good when someone interrupts you? Tell him, [don’t] interrupt.”Makhachev blamed the crowd…

Combined with the recent move of Chicago Aikikai and a former student finding dojo boxes in his storage, Dwight Sora found a window into Chicago’s Aikido past. Some were archival footage of the school’s early days as Illinois Aikido Club with Koichi Tohei, others were newsletters and seminar posters of years and decades past. Today, Sora reflects upon the complexities of historical memory, the cultural tensions between Japanese instructors and Japanese American students, and the challenges of preserving martial traditions in a modern context. All images provided by Dwight Sora. MAYTT: It is kind of a philosophical debate of the…

Trending:REPORT: Charles Oliveira set to defend BMF title in UFC 331 headlinerCredit: Ishika Samant/GettyA former World Series of Fighting consultant believes Jake Paul and MVP’s merger with the PFL won’t boost Mixed Martial Arts. Jake Paul and Most Valuable Promotions made headlines earlier this summer when it was announced that MVP will merge under one banner with the Professional Fighters League. The move comes as the PFL continues to go through a transition under John Martin’s leadership, with the merger set to go into effect in 2027. Paul is also considering making the move to Mixed Martial Arts in 2027…