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REGENT Craft has demonstrated the ability to charge its Seaglider vessels entirely away from established port infrastructure, completing a milestone test in partnership with Schneider Electric and World4Solar that the company says unlocks distributed maritime operations in austere and remote environments where conventional charging networks do not exist. The demonstration validated a three-component charging architecture […]

Western airpower debates are increasingly driven by grim math. Analysts tally missile inventories, strike ranges, and sortie-generation capacity against a small number of critical runways, fuel systems, and aerial refueling aircraft. The prevailing conclusion is that U.S. and allied airpower could be severely disrupted early in a conflict with China. While China’s anti-access/area-denial capabilities place U.S. and allied air operations in the Indo-Pacific under sustained, lethal, and consequential threat, the belief that this numbers game guarantees victory is a fallacy — something Russia is learning the hard way in Ukraine. The 2026 Iran War showed why: Real combat is interactive,…

May 14, 2026 PR-DC announces the introduction of a new armed configuration for the IKA-20-M platform, integrating a 7.62 mm machine gun with a 250-round ammunition capacity. click on the image to enlarge The new configuration represents another step in the continued development of modular armament options for the IKA-20-M military-grade multicopter. Following previous configurations equipped with aircraft rockets and aerial bombs, the machine-gun configuration further demonstrates the adaptability of the platform and its ability to support different mission-relevant payloads in accordance with defined operational requirements. The IKA-MACHINE-GUN (pr-dc.com/ika-machine-gun) is based on the IKA-20-M drone, a certified military-grade hexacopter designed…

JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. — Inside a small workspace filled with printers, plastic filament and computer-aided design software, a battlefield problem can be solved with a solution and takes shape one layer at a time. That process was the focus of the 3D printing symposium, hosted by 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), where Soldiers across the installation received hands-on familiarization with additive manufacturing and learned how the capability can support readiness, sustainment and innovation across the force. For Sgt. Clarissa De La Cruz — a 91E, allied trade specialist — her job is built around solving problems. Her military occupational…

Alex Pereira punched Jamahal Hill really hard.Next month, Pereira attempts to make history, moving up in weight to challenge Ciryl Gane for the interim heavyweight title at UFC White House. Should he win, “Poatan” will become the first person in history to win belts in three UFC weight classes, and ahead of the event, the UFC has already started a long promotional lead-up, including releasing behind-the-scenes footage of Pereira’s epic win over Jamahal Hill at UFC 300.The newly released footage goes through the whole UFC 300 fight week, including the change in energy between Pereira and Hill as the fight…

Four U.S. Navy aviators survived a midair collision during an air demonstration Sunday in Idaho after ejecting from two EA-18G Growler aircraft moments before the jets crashed near Mountain Home Air Force Base. The incident occurred during the Gunfighter Skies Air Show, a major public event that drew thousands of spectators and marked the return of the air show after an eight-year absence. The Navy confirmed the aircraft belonged to the VAQ-129 “Vikings” Growler Demonstration Team based at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington state. Officials still have not publicly released the names of the four aviators involved in…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week said he would conduct a review on supporting a bill that would give veterans — predominantly from the U.S. Air Force — the same benefits civilians have been receiving for exposure to radiation at a Nevada test site that has seen more than 900 atomic bomb tests. At a May 12 hearing of the House Appropriations Committee, Hegseth thanked Rep. Susie Lee (D-Nevada) for pushing legislation to override the Catch 22-type rules that have blocked veterans from getting the benefits received by Department of Energy civilians who also worked at the Nevada Test and…

Mateusz Legierski and Gökhan Aksu are back on track for a lightweight title fight at OKTAGON 90, and this time the bout is set for Berlin’s Uber Arena on Saturday, June 20. The matchup was first planned for Poland before Legierski was pulled out by injury, but the champion is now healthy again and ready to make his first defense. Mateusz Legierski vs. Gökhan Aksu Legierski reclaimed the lightweight belt in November 2025 by beating Attila Korkmaz over five rounds in Munich, a result that restored him to the top of the division. The Polish fighter also owns a strong…

French shipbuilder Naval Group on May 16 conducted the “technical launch” of the second FDI frigate for the French Navy, Amiral Louzeau (D661). A Naval News cameraman was on site to document this major milestone for the program. The official launch ceremony, attended by French government and naval officials, is scheduled to take place tomorrow, May 19, 2026. On the afternoon of May 16, tugboats from the Port of Lorient moved the hull of the future French Navy frigate Amiral Louzeau (D661) from Naval Group’s covered construction dock to the nearby outfitting quay on the western bank of the Scorff…

Sensei Steve Fogarasi wrote: I discovered Kyokushin Karate by chance after I practiced Judo and Shotokan Karate for about two years. When I was 16, I moved to the city of Sibiu, Romania, for school, and I found Kyokushin Karate at the CFR club. I joined immediately, very eager to get a GI and learn. Every Friday, there was full-contact fighting being practiced. I have never sparred with contact, so I was a big surprise when it all started, and I was being kicked and punched with power by a blue belt in his 50s. This was all done without…