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Credit: Defense FeedsDefense Feeds – Tampa, Florida: The Northrop Grumman Reveals AION Counter-Drone System presentation at SOF Week 2026 highlights the growing race to develop advanced defenses against unmanned aerial threats as drone warfare rapidly reshapes modern battlefields.American defense giant Northrop Grumman used the special operations-focused event to showcase its new AION counter-drone platform, a system designed to detect, track and neutralize hostile unmanned aerial systems in complex operational environments. The unveiling comes as military forces worldwide face increasing threats from cheap attack drones, loitering munitions and swarm-style aerial systems.The war in Ukraine, conflicts in the Middle East and rising…

President Donald Trump told Coast Guard Academy graduates Wednesday that they inherited the legacy of “some of the most daring and intrepid Americans ever to live” and will “go onto greatness themselves” in service to the country. Speaking in New London, Connecticut, to more than 230 commissioning officers, Trump praised the cadets — some of whom already have saved lives or been involved in major counter-drug operations — for “unbelievable heroism and exceptional selflessness.” “No matter how terrible the storm, no matter how difficult the mission, never surrender. Keep going, keep fighting and make the adversary quit first,” Trump advised…

In life, Jimmy Stewart never talked about his war. But in death, he granted his family — and now the world — a greater window into the Academy Award-winning actor turned combat pilot.“My father didn’t speak about his war experience very much,” his daughter, Kelly Stewart-Harcourt, told Military Times. “After he died, my sister found a journal, a handwritten journal that he had kept during the war” alongside his flight logbook filled with little scribbles, drawings and sketch marks from both Stewart and his men. The journal, according to Stewart-Harcourt, “described dad’s fears and his uncertainties, uncertainties about the war…

VIENNA — Germany’s defense minister used a rare four-nation gathering of German-speaking defense chiefs this week to push forward plans for a European military space command, calling on close partners including Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg, to help shape the initiative rather than simply join it.Boris Pistorius, Germany’s defense minister, announced at a press conference in Berlin that Germany is developing a European Space Component Command alongside a Weltraumakademie − a multilateral space training academy − and insisted that partner nations will be “embedded in the design phase” rather than presented with finished structures.The meeting, billed as the first “DACH+L” format,…

Hanwha Aerospace’s KAAV II will provide the ROKMC with a next-generation amphibious assault vehicle that can transit in water and on land at high speeds. (Hanwha)The first view of a prototype Korean Amphibious Assault Vehicle II (KAAV II) being developed by Hanwha Aerospace occurred on 18 May, this being the first official announcement on the programme’s progress.The KAAV II has been in concept development since 2015, with a scale model displayed in 2019 at Seoul ADEX. Prototype testing was disrupted by a sinking in 2023 that resulted in two fatalities. Progress on the programme continued under tight controls.The KAAV II…

Phumi Nkuta responded to referee Herb Dean’s defense of his controversial stoppage at Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano. An eventful night at the Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano event ended with a 17-second finish by the UFC Hall of Famer Rousey. Just a few fights before the main event, a bout between former ONE champion Adriano Moraes and unbeaten prospect Phumi Nkuta made headlines for all the wrong reasons. Nkuta was on the verge of pulling off an upset over Moraes on the scorecards before he was choked unconscious by a rear-naked choke with one second left in the fight.…

Department of Government Efficiency acting Administrator Amy Gleason says that efficiency — the tagline billionaire Elon Musk heralded during his involvement in the early days of DOGE — is about making accessing the government easier. Although that message ties back to much of the history of the Obama-era office that President Donald Trump reshaped into DOGE, the U.S. Digital Service, it diverges somewhat from what DOGE has made itself known for, like dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development, pressing for unprecedented, high-level access to sensitive government data and pushing thousands of government employees out of their jobs. Musk and his allies also…

Things were going just fine in the global air cargo sector. Then the Middle East blew up.Air cargo was well on its way to bouncing back from the cratering of demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic — which, of course, affected every mode of transportation and corner of the global economy for several years.In February of this year, cargo tonne-kilometers (CTKs) were up 11.1% over the same period of 2025. “There was a pretty good recovery underway,” said Andrew Matters, director of sustainability and economics for the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in Geneva, Switzerland. “The industry was growing quite…

Herstal, Belgium – 21 May 2026: Building on the operational legacy of the FN MAG® GPMG, the latest TACTICAL variant has officially arrived. This release introduces a specialised Long Rail Conversion Kit designed to enhance the platform. By focusing on ergonomics and dual optic capability, the update ensures the FN MAG® series remains a dominant force on the evolving battlefield. Bold. Accurate. Reliable. By combining over 135 years of engineering mastery with direct feedback from the field, the FN MAG® TACTICAL with Long Rail is a variant of the long-standing, widely used and combat-proven FN MAG® GPMG. Originally developed by FN Herstal,…

Hybrid engines are in the news as consumers seek relief from gas prices boosted by the war on Iran, but military customers are also looking beyond internal combustion.“There’s a lot of interest in battery-operated, electric-driven drones…but there’s also a lot of interest in heavy, fuel-based drones” that use JP-8, says Greg Thompson, president of Survice Engineering. “Batteries are great, they’re very clean, they’re very efficient. But transporting them, maintaining them, storing them, charging them—all that can be a little bit of a growth phase…and so there’s still this hunger for a fuel-based drone, and so we’re trying to marry that…