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Credit: Defense FeedsDefense Feeds, Ankara – ASELSAN TOLUN-P Expands Türkiye’s Precision Strike CapabilityASELSAN TOLUN-P Expands Türkiye’s Precision Strike Capability, following a successful firing test from Baykar’s Bayraktar AKINCI unmanned combat aircraft.The test, announced by ASELSAN on August 7, 2026, demonstrated the ability of the domestically developed munition to engage hardened targets while being carried by a long-endurance unmanned platform.More importantly, the event demonstrated how Türkiye is connecting its aircraft, weapons, guidance technologies and smart carriage systems into a common combat-air ecosystem rather than developing isolated defense products. That approach could give Ankara greater control over the development and modernization of…

Trending:Arman Tsarukyan vs. Charles Oliveira 2 cancelled as Tsarukyan set for new UFC 331 fightdesautomatas on InstagramUFC women’s strawweight champion Mackenzie Dern has rejected the idea that she has legitimate beef with Gillian Robertson. In the co-main event of UFC 330 this weekend, Mackenzie Dern will defend her UFC women’s strawweight championship against Gillian Robertson. After winning the belt, many doubted whether or not Dern would be a long-term champion – and in this bout with Robertson, she has the chance to silence a lot of her critics. RELATED: Gillian Robertson believes she’s being overlooked by Mackenzie Dern ahead of…

Credit: USAFDefense Feeds, Paris – French A330 MRTT refuels U.S. and UK RC-135 aircraft, marking a significant step in NATO airpower interoperability and creating a new tanker option for some of the alliance’s most important airborne intelligence missions.The milestone was demonstrated during Exercise Ravitaillement en Vol over central France, where French, British and U.S. aircrews worked together on aerial refueling operations. The development is more important than a single successful refueling contact. It shows how allied tanker fleets can increasingly be treated as a shared support network, potentially allowing RC-135 Rivet Joint aircraft to remain airborne longer without relying exclusively on…

Sometime in the next few weeks, U.S. federal government debt will reach $40 trillion. The United States now owes roughly as much as all the other major advanced countries combined. With Washington adding another $2 trillion, or six percent of national income, to the figure each year, it has long been apparent that the U.S. debt trajectory is unsustainable. Or is it?According to some proponents of artificial intelligence, today’s remarkable technological advances could soon make the problem disappear. In this view, the spread of AI through the economy will generate such tremendous growth that it will generate huge new tax…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—Lasers and high-powered microwaves will need equal standing to traditional weapons when it comes to the Army’s approach to missile defense, the service’s space and missile-defense chief said. But as battlefield tech is developed and integrated, proper training will be key to keeping soldiers safe. “Integrating systems like lasers or high-powered microwaves, there’s a pretty significant burden of implementing that across training and organizations,” Lt. Gen. John Rafferty, who leads Army Space and Missile Defense Command, told reporters Tuesday at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium. Rafferty’s top enlisted advisor concurred.  “I know everyone’s talking about faster, cheaper—all those things are needed.…

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Ottawa, 12 August 2026 – Calian Group Ltd. (TSX: CGY), a mission-critical solutions company focused on defence, space, healthcare and other strategic infrastructure sectors, today announced that its UK subsidiary, Calian UK, has secured a 15-year agreement with Raytheon UK, the consortium lead for Omnia Training, to support the British Army’s Collective Training Service (ACTS) programme. Raytheon is an RTX business. The agreement, set to start in October 2026 following the conclusion of the current Project NUMIDIAN contract, provides approximately CAD$296 million (£159 million) in contracted base revenue over 15 years, extending one of Calian’s largest defence training programs. In addition,…

Ian Machado Garry has found a fresh way to get under the skin of the MMA community before the biggest night of his career. The Irish contender has revealed he is vegan and has partnered with PETA ahead of Saturday’s UFC 330 welterweight title fight with Islam Makhachev in Philadelphia. Rather than quietly changing his meal plan, Garry has put the decision front and centre of fight week. That has handed fans another reason to debate the polarising 28-year-old, who will try to take the 170-pound title from Makhachev at Xfinity Mobile Arena on August 15. The UFC has confirmed…

Türkiye’s future National Fast Attack Craft (FAC) broke cover during the naming and launching ceremony of the Royal Malaysian Navy’s third LMS Batch 2 vessel on August 9, 2026. The ceremony for the Tunku Osman Jewa (143) took place at Istanbul Shipyard. Photo and video coverage from the event showed the hull and superstructure of the Turkish FAC in the background. These images indicate that the construction of the vessel is well underway and the ship has started to take its final shape. Naval News previously covered this project during the IDEF 2025 defense exhibition. At that time, STM had…

Introduction The 2012 remake of the titular XCOM: Enemy Unknown is now seen by the games industry as the moment turn-based strategy was not only revived, but got up, started running, and has never stopped since. In fact, looking at the up-and-coming strategy games releasing in 2026, it doesn’t seem like it’s going to be slowing down any time soon, with Star Wars: Zero Company shaping up nicely to become the big-hitter in the genre. So, to quench our thirst while we wait for its release, I have compiled the best turn-based strategy games to play if you love XCOM!…