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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…

The Thrift Savings Plan can be one of the most valuable retirement assets for federal employees (as well as members of the uniformed services), but once you leave federal service, the distribution decision is not just a matter of deciding how much cash you need. There are other important considerations to understand before you can select the dollar amount you will need to make your retirement financially secure. Remember that once a TSP withdrawal is processed, it generally cannot be reversed, so these are all important considerations to understand before deciding on your distribution plan.If you have a minimum balance…

A Veterans Affairs Department employee filed a lawsuit against the Office of Personnel Management Wednesday seeking to force it to promulgate new regulations implementing a Supreme Court case opening up differential pay to more federal workers who simultaneously serve as military reservists that was decided more than a year ago.In 2009, Congress enacted legislation aimed at ensuring federal workers are not forced to take a pay cut when they deploy to active duty as part of their service in a military reserve unit, as their military pay is often lower than their civilian salary.Though the law tasked the Office of…

By almost any measure, the world should be suffering a far more severe energy crisis. The Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly one-fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas supplies normally passes, has been largely closed for months. Yet when considered against the nightmare scenarios contemplated at the war’s outset, oil prices have remained low and natural gas markets have proved resilient. The global economy has so far avoided the kind of recession that many past energy shocks produced.It would be tempting to conclude that the dangers of energy supply disruptions have been overstated, but such complacency would be…

FirstSpear Friday Focus: Siege-R Optimized Vest The SIEGE-R OPTIMIZED VEST is one of FirstSpear’s most proven platforms, built for users who require armor protection and expanded load-carrying capability without the excessive bulk of traditional load-bearing systems. Utilizing the proven form, fit, and function of the original Siege-R and integrated with the performance-enhancing properties of 6/12™ and Tubes™ technology, the SIEGE-R OPTIMIZED VEST delivers a scalable, modular armor carrier built for training, duty, and demanding field environments. Internal plate pockets make the system slimmer and better suited for confined and tubular spaces, while TUBES® Rapid Release closure allows the operator to…

TOPSHOT – Brazil’s Diego Lopes and America’s Steve Garcia fight in the featherweight bout during the “UFC Freedom 250” mixed martial arts event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, June 14, 2026. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images) | AFP via Getty Images While UFC White House might be the promotion’s peak, Dana White says the UFC isn’t stopping anytime soon. Earlier this week, the UFC CEO teased that, following the enormous success of the UFC White House event, UFC head of production, Craig Borsari, had already dreamed up another mega-event for…

During the U.S. Navy’s Lanternfish 2026 exercise, Ultra Maritime demonstrated an integrated passive-active sonar architecture combining its Sea Spear passive array and SSQ-125B active sonobuoy to detect and track UUVs. Ultra Maritime press release BRAINTREE, Massachusetts – Ultra Maritime has successfully demonstrated a new integrated active-passive sonar solution capable of providing persistent surveillance across contested maritime environments. During the U.S. Navy’s 2026 Lanternfish exercise, the company combined its Sea Spear deployable passive sonar with its newly developed SSQ-125B active sonobuoy to passively detect and actively localize unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), as a major step toward validating Ultra Maritime’s acoustic architecture…

There’s more fighters listed than there are spots though, so they can’t all come in Season 1 at least even if they are real Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls just launched a week ago and will presumably have a long life ahead of it with future DLC support and updates for years to come. Their Year 1 Character & Stage Pass contains four new Marvel fighters, and we may have a better idea as to who the candidates could be. …

iDirect, an ST Engineering subsidiary, recently won a couple of SATCOM strategic contracts in Southeast Asia. (NASA)The satellite communications (SATCOM) company iDirect – a subsidiary of Singapore-based ST Engineering – has won a recent series of defence and government contracts. Announced on 28 July were five awards – two in Southeast Asia and three in Europe.One Southeast Asian military “is reinforcing the communications backbone for its naval forces, enabling real-time situational awareness and coordinated command operations across coastal and open-water environments through automatic beam switching, open antenna to modem interface protocol interoperability, advanced spread-spectrum capabilities, and transmission security-enabled security,” the…

The Danish Armed Forces have commissioned Rheinmetall to supply the MASS decoy system. A contract to this effect was recently signed in Copenhagen. In total, Rheinmetall will supply a number of Multi Ammunition Softkill Systems (MASS): for both the ABSALON-class frigates, the IVER-HUITFELDT-class frigates and the Royal Danish Navy’s Weapons School. In addition, the Danish Armed Forces have ordered a quantity of Omnitrap-ER decoys. Deliveries are scheduled to commence in the fourth quarter of 2027. The contract value, which will be recognised in the second quarter of 2026, amounts to a two-digit million figure in euros In addition, a supply…