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COMINT Consulting are planning several enhancements for the company’s Krypto1000 signals intelligence software to help support counterintelligence, counterinsurgency and counter-trafficking missions.Armada’s monthly round-up of all the latest electronic warfare news in the product, programme and operational domains.QUIRIS In ServiceELT Group has shared with Armada that the company has won several undisclosed customers for its ELT/577 Quiris Directional Infrared Countermeasure (DIRCM). These customers are installing the equipment onboard rotary-wing attack, search-and-rescue and reconnaissance aircraft; and fixed-wing maritime patrol and airlift platforms. ELT Group continued that the ELT/577 replaces the legacy ELT/572 system which employed a fibre laser architecture. “Quiris utilises a…

The authors provide an interim review of Southern California Edison’s Wildfire Recovery Compensation Program, established after the Eaton Fire. Using administrative data and stakeholder interviews, they examine claims, offers, acceptances, and payments and identify factors affecting participation. They also highlight issues for future direct compensation programs, including program timing, insurance offsets, administration, and court processes. This publication is part of the RAND research report series. Research reports present research findings and objective analysis that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors. All RAND research reports undergo rigorous peer review to ensure high standards for research quality and objectivity.This…

The ROK Army has a growing fleet of K2 main battle tanks, with four batches ordered so far. Their protection levels are to be boosted. (Gordon Arthur)On 11 August 2026, the 177th Defense Project Promotion Committee met in Seoul to approve two new defence projects. One of these related to the K2 main battle tank (MBT) fleet of the Republic of Korea Army (ROKA).The new project’s aim is to improve the combat performance of the K2 and to enhance its protection against adversarial threats.The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) stated: “Through this project, K2 tanks will be equipped with active…

Bottom lines up front WASHINGTON—At what point does the United States stop treating the Strait of Hormuz as a crisis to manage and start treating it as an opportunity to permanently redraw the global energy map? For weeks, Iran has benefited from a basic strategic assumption: The Strait of Hormuz is too important to the global economy for the United States and its partners to tolerate its prolonged disruption. Tehran may not be able to defeat the United States militarily, so the thinking goes, but it can impose enough economic pain on Washington and its allies to force concessions at…

Islam Makhachev has taken a lighthearted jab at an all-time MMA great, who told Makhachev that he would have to seek permission from his wife before coming to Dagestan to train with the current UFC welterweight champion and other members of Team Khabib.During a recent sit-down with Demetrious Johnson, the P4P king invited “Mighty Mouse” to Dagestan for 2-3 years to train, after hearing which the former UFC flyweight titleholder said: “I gotta talk to my wife… This is how my marriage works, Islam.” Meanwhile, Makhachev playfully quipped: “Talk to wife? You’re the best fighter in the world, bro. You…

Sen. Richard Blumenthal is asking the Navy to account for conditions aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and detail the extensions to the ship’s original deployment schedule.The Connecticut Democrat, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sent a letter on Wednesday to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao seeking information about the carrier’s long deployment and reports of problems involving basic supplies, water, plumbing, mental health, deck safety and mail.The letter comes one day after a Military Times report that detailed concerns of family members who said multiple sailors aboard the Lincoln had attempted…

Hanwha Defense USA (HDUSA) has submitted an indicative, non-binding proposal to acquire the U.S. business operations of shipbuilder Austal Limited for an enterprise value between $1.05 billion and $1.20 billion on a cash- and debt-free basis. The acquisition offer, announced August 11, focus solely on Austal USA’s corporate entities and shipyard facilities in Mobile, Alabama, as well as its U.S. support operations. Austal’s core Australasian operations, including its 15-year Strategic Shipbuilding Agreement with the Australian Department of Defence, are excluded from the bid and will remain independent. The bid reflects Hanwha’s aggressive strategy to scale up its defense and commercial…

Across Asia-Pacific, governments are accelerating investment in sovereign intelligence capabilities to strengthen deterrence, secure maritime borders, and prepare for increasingly contested operating environments.But modern ISR challenges are no longer solved by satellites alone.Electro-optical imagery, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), drones, maritime tracking systems, airborne ISR platforms, and tactical edge sensors all generate different signals about the same environment. The challenge is turning those signals into a trusted operational picture fast enough to support operational decisions.That is the problem Vantor’s Tensorglobe platform was built to solve.Tensorglobe combines Vantor’s high-resolution imaging constellation, highly accurate 2D and 3D spatial foundation, and operational software into…

There has been no shortage of complaints about Chinese overcapacity in recent years. Beijing’s commitment to driving exports and widening its trade surplus, by any means necessary, has undermined the manufacturing aspirations of advanced economies such as the United States and those in Europe, as well as developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. There is more of a global consensus about the nature of the challenge than ever before, but it has had little effect on Chinese policy.Now, the problem is morphing into a qualitatively new and more dangerous one: the world’s ability to absorb Chinese overcapacity is…

Martial arts have long been touted as a way to gain confidence, discipline, self-awareness, and mastery of body/mind stability. As a mental health counselor, coach, and recreational martial artist myself, I often will recommend martial arts to clients as part of their treatment plan as it promotes mindfulness, confidence, healthy coping behaviors, and solid social connections. Martial artists often consider themselves practitioners for life and being a martial artist becomes a strong part of their identity. But what happens when young student starts to associate the majority of their identity with being a martial artist and making the unconscious connection…