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The Department of Defense launched a team of elite private sector businessmen tasked with handling and approving defense contractor negotiations, aimed at fixing the former “broken Pentagon bureaucracy.”Dubbed “Deal Team Six,” the crew is tasked with creating better deals with defense companies to ensure their production of U.S. military equipment is not at the expense of the taxpayer, but that of the contractor, according to a Thursday social media video posted by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.Hegseth claims in the video that for decades, the department allowed contractors to “double-dip” when service members needed weapons, aircraft or ships, charging the…

Beez Combat Systems FPV Goggle Tactical Headband Strap The FPV Goggle Tactical Headband Strap is engineered for operators who demand reliability when it matters most. Designed from the ground up for tactical drone operations, this headband system eliminates the failure points found in stock goggle straps.  The 2″ elastic headband paired with dual 2″ triglids provides a dialed-in fit with maximum comfort during extended wear, while the 1″ webbing and 1″ triglid system broadens compatibility across virtually every major FPV goggle platform on the market  The FPV Goggle Tactical Headband Strap is purpose-built to keep your power source secure during…

Khamzat Chimaev and Sean Strickland came face-to-face for the final time ahead of UFC 328, and their faceoff didn’t disappoint. UFC middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev and former titleholder Sean Strickland are hours away from squaring off inside the Octagon at UFC 328. But on the final day before fight day, the action nearly got started early in front of a raucous crowd at Friday’s ceremonial weigh-in. Chimaev will defend his UFC middleweight title for the first time when he faces Strickland on Saturday in Newark. He won the belt by dominantly defeating Dricus du Plessis last year at UFC 319.…

A24’s upcoming Anthony Bourdain movie, Tony, sounds like the rare biopic designed for someone like me. Bourdain was sharp, restless and self-aware, which makes him easy to admire and hard to dramatize. The wrong movie could flatten him into the usual cradle-to-grave prestige drama: childhood wound, early failure, big break, public collapse, closing title cards. Too many biopics move like museum tours with screenplays, making the person less interesting the harder they try to explain them. But Tony looks like it may be taking the smarter route, as you can see in the trailer below. Instead of trying to cover…

In what is widely regarded as one of the world’s most liberal democracies, the state of Queensland, Australia, has recently enforced legislation leading to the arrest of a pro-Palestinian demonstrator for wearing a T-shirt bearing the slogan “from the river to the sea,” a phrase widely associated with Palestinian political aspirations, though its meaning remains contested. Its application exposes a profound contradiction: the Australian federal government recognises the Palestinian State, yet the Queensland government now criminalises certain expressions of solidarity with them. The case mirrors patterns seen in other contexts, most notably Hong Kong, where slogans such as “Liberate Hong…

News May 08, 2026 Dan Taylor Technology Editor Military Embedded Systems Image via AEVEX SOLANA BEACH, California. AEVEX Corp. will display autonomous systems, launched effects, airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), and related mission technologies during SOF Week 2026 in Tampa, the company announced in a statement. The company will present the systems at Booth 1933 on Level 3 of the Tampa Convention Center, with indoor exhibits and outdoor demonstrations planned during the event, the statement reads. AEVEX says its display will include unmanned systems for air and maritime mission sets, along with additive manufacturing concepts intended to support production…

American forces fired on and disabled two Iranian-flagged unladen oil tankers on Friday after the ships attempted to cross a U.S. Navy blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet from USS George H.W. Bush launched “precision munitions” at the smokestacks of M/T Sea Star III and M/T Sevda, disabling the vessels before they could reach an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman, according to U.S. Central Command.“U.S. forces in the Middle East remain committed to full enforcement of the blockade of vessels entering or leaving Iran,” said Adm. Brad Cooper, the commander of CENTCOM.The U.S.…

KYIV, Ukraine — She had walked for hours through the Lyman grey zone, past shell craters and the bodies of neighbors who hadn’t made it out, when the robot caught up to her. The 77-year-old saw it first as a blanket, then as the three words painted across it in an operator’s hand: “Grandma, get on!”Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps and its Cerberus unmanned ground systems unit ran the April 25 rescue with a reconnaissance drone overhead.The woman lived in the same house for 53 years before Russian forces destroyed it. Three other civilians from the same area were drone-escorted to…

When the stakes are at their highest on the front lines, the speed and reliability of your medical gear can be the difference between a tragedy and a success story. At this year’s Saha Expo, ForaGRUP is showcasing their latest innovations in tactical medicine, demonstrating that saving lives in the field requires both precision engineering and rugged durability The Arrow IFAK: Your Personal Guardian The Arrow IFAK is designed for individual soldiers who need critical trauma gear instantly accessible. Engineered for the chaos of modern combat, the bag is constructed from 500 Dtex Cordura fabric, ensuring it remains waterproof and…

Vietnam’s Viettel High Tech is stepping onto the counter-UAS stage at Saha 2026 with a compact, layered system designed to detect, track and defeat a wide range of drone threats. Presented internationally for the first time at the Istanbul exhibition, the solution underlines the company’s growing ambitions in electronic warfare and air defence click on image to enlarge The system combines a 3D radar, passive RF detection and an EO/IR suite to deliver robust multi-sensor coverage. The radar is optimised to detect small UAVs with very low radar cross-sections at ranges beyond 5 km, while RF sensors monitor frequencies from…