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The U.S. Army abruptly removed the three-star general leading their forces in Europe, the service confirmed Monday.Lt. Gen. Charles Costanza, who was leading V Corps, was removed from command. The Army did not provide the date of his removal or disclose a reason for his departure but confirmed in a statement that “the matter has been referred to the appropriate authority in accordance with Army regulations.”Brig. Gen. John B. Mountford, the deputy commanding general of readiness for V Corps, is serving as the acting commanding general.According to the Army last week, Maj. Gen. Thomas M. Feltey, who was selected for…

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org U.S. Space Command is preparing to host a live-fly exercise in the coming weeks to test advanced maneuver concepts that will inform its strategy for dynamic operations in orbit. Gen. Stephen Whiting announced the plans Aug. 12, telling reporters during a briefing at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., that the event will include live operational demonstrations with U.S. military satellites as well as a tabletop exercise. “We will take some of our existing…

From wholesome to completely unhinged in record time …No. 2-ranked Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Welterweight Ian Garry challenges champion Islam Makhachev for the 170-pound strap in UFC 330’s main event this weekend (Sat., Aug. 15, 2026) inside Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.After Garry faced off with Makhachev for the first time yesterday in front of Philadelphia’s iconic Rocky Statue, Leo wanted to meet the Welterweight champion because he is apparently a big fan. Unfortunately, Makhachev took off before the two could meet.Leo became upset and started crying, but Garry reassured his son that he would have another chance to…

Denmark’s DALO awards Rheinmetall a contract for five MASS decoy launchers to retrofit Absalon-class and Iver Huitfeldt-class frigates, including 20-year support. By Waldemar Geiger / hartpunkt The two Absalon-class anti-submarine warfare frigates and the three Iver Huitfeldt-class air defense frigates are being retrofitted with Rheinmetall’s MASS self-protection systems. As revealed in a recently published notice by the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) on the European online procurement platform TED, Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH has been awarded a contract to supply five self-protection systems for the two frigate classes. In addition to delivering the five protection systems—which well-informed sources…

Ian Machado Garry believes the tide is already turning in his favour before the biggest fight of his career.Garry is scheduled to challenge welterweight champion Islam Makhachev this weekend in the main event of UFC 330.On fight week, during their first face-off, the Irishman says he sensed a “nervous” energy from the P4P king. On media day, discussing the same, “The Future” said: “I just kind of felt like yesterday he [Islam Makhachev] didn’t wanna be there. He didn’t want to be at the faceoff. I sensed a little bit of nervous energy from him.” Check out Ian Machado Garry’s…

A few years ago, I tried to help a team of astronauts survive a Martian dust storm.Fortunately, nobody was actually in danger. I was participating in the second NASA MarsXR Challenge, a government-sponsored competition hosted on the HeroX open-innovation platform. NASA wanted members of the public to design virtual reality scenarios that could someday help train astronauts for missions on Mars.The first phase focused on storyboarding, so participants did not need to know how to program a VR simulation. They needed to imagine a realistic challenge, explain how astronauts would respond and take advantage of the immersive capabilities offered by…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Space weapons and refuelable satellites are among the items needed to preserve the U.S. military’s orbital edge over China, the head of U.S. Space Command said. America’s adversaries are targeting U.S. space assets and rapidly developing their own, Gen. Stephen Whiting told attendees at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium on Wednesday. China, for example, has direct-ascent ASAT missiles, ground-based lasers, jammers, and maneuverable, dual-use satellites, he said.“These developments intend to degrade our current space superiority and would potentially giveChina a maneuver and logistics advantage in space – something we would not accept on the land, at sea,…

The Army is opening military test ranges to private industry, the service announced this month, including a Michigan site where companies can test drones and counter-drone systems against electronic warfare conditions modeled after those in Ukraine. Companies will be able to request range access even if they do not have an ongoing partnership with the government, according to the release. The effort, the Army says, is designed to hasten the development and testing of drones, counter-drone systems, long-range fires and cheap interceptors. The service said it is launching four ranges in the U.S. and one internationally. The ranges include Dugway…

Efforts to modernize a Department of Veterans Affairs system that supports the processing of veterans’ benefits claims have been hampered by “insufficient oversight and weak program management,” according to the agency’s Office of Inspector General.The watchdog warned in an audit released on Tuesday that VA’s Office of Information and Technology has not taken all of the necessary steps to keep the revamp of the agency’s Benefits Enterprise Platform on track, which could potentially affect the processing of veterans’ benefits and other modernization efforts.The BEP platform — one of 85 legacy systems that VA has identified as needing to be modernized…

Lockheed Martin on Monday announced the launch of Strigo, a new line of modular missile and sensor hardware, along with a dedicated product center designed to get weapons into the field faster. The line covers radio-frequency sensors, missile datalinks and missile seeker technologies, all built on a common baseline architecture. The company said the shared architecture allows Strigo hardware to be reconfigured for different missions, including air defense, missile defense and air-to-surface strike. Lockheed calls the Strigo Product Center a storefront for “ready-now and near-ready” hardware that it said can be adapted to customer needs. The company said the modular…