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FORT POLK, La. — Aurora Manes was escorting a Soldier down the hallway at Shira Dental Clinic for a routine dental exam when she noticed the patient rubbing her eyes.The Soldier’s face and eyes were swelling, and she did not know why.Manes, a dental assistant, began checking the patient’s blood pressure and asking questions. She then alerted Capt. Wesley Hargett, the general dentist scheduled to perform the exam.Within minutes, the routine appointment became an emergency response.The Sept. 22 incident brought together Manes’ vigilance, Hargett’s clinical training and a team prepared to act when a patient needed care beyond a dental…

By Admiral Massimo Vianello, Italian Navy (Ret.) and Master Chief Petty Officer Giovanni Giorguli, Italian Navy (Ret.) Introduction Throughout naval history, few weapons have demonstrated the strategic endurance of the naval mine. Despite successive advances in military technology, it remains a highly effective instrument of sea denial, enabling even conventionally inferior actors to constrain the freedom of maneuver of technologically superior fleets and disrupt critical maritime lines of communication. In the ongoing transformation of naval power, driven by the proliferation of Artificial Intelligence (AI), autonomous systems, and distributed architectures, mine warfare is not losing relevance; rather, it is acquiring new…

The White House on Tuesday nominated Lt. Gen. David N. Miller Jr. to lead the U.S. Space Command as its general, according to a congressional notice.Miller is currently the deputy chief of Space Operations, Strategy, Plans, Programs and Requirements. He will, if confirmed, take over Space Command after his predecessor, Gen. Stephen Whiting, steps down from command toward the end of the year or the beginning of the next. “Congratulations to Lt. Gen. Miller on his nomination to serve as Commander, U.S. Space Command,” Chief of Space Operations Gen. Douglas Schiess said in a social media post. “He is an…

The U.S. Army on Tuesday signed agreements with Anduril, Castelion, Lockheed Martin, Mach Industries and RTX to create advanced long-range missile prototypes, Redstone Arsenal announced this week. Each company will develop capabilities for the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Increment 4 program, making missiles that can be launched from the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, and that can hit maritime and land targets in motion more than 621 miles away.According to the release, development in Fiscal Year 2027 will conclude in “a competitive fly-off and down-select.” In Fiscal Year 2028, companies will participate in a final fly-off and…

The modern battlefield is transparent. A soldier moving without understanding aerial observation, electronic signatures, and enemy sensing operates at a fatal disadvantage. Conversely, soldiers employing unmanned systems extend their reach, improve situational awareness, support maneuver, and reduce unnecessary exposure. But how can the Army prepare its formations for this reality when the character of warfare is changing faster than institutional training systems can adapt? Small unmanned aircraft systems, counter–unmanned aircraft systems tools and technologies, and unmanned ground vehicles are no longer specialized capabilities isolated within specific formations. They define the basic environment where every soldier fights, survives, communicates, and leads.…

VIENNA — The United Arab Emirates, a Western darling for security cooperation in the region, appears to have regularly used Aviacon Zitotrans, a sanctioned Russian airline linked to the Kremlin’s military and paramilitary operations, over the course of the past year, a Defense News investigation shows.Analysis of thousands of flight records as well as gigabytes of leaked internal company documents, aviation filings and emails suggest a link between the sanctioned aircraft and more than 100 missions flown on behalf of the UAE government and its royal family since mid-2025. The Russian company behind these planes, Aviacon Zitotrans, has been sanctioned…

U.S. Marines participated in a “first-of-its-kind mission” in the remote Arctic this summer, meant to test their ability to work with Norwegian and British troops in harsh conditions.The operation — on the far-flung and strategically valuable island of Jan Mayen, Norway — reflects NATO’s increasing focus on the Arctic, where the alliance is worried about Russia’s ability to project power and disrupt critical infrastructure. The exercise also gave Marines a chance to practice defending “key maritime terrain” with tactics they refined in the Pacific. Dubbed Operation Atlantic City, a reference to a WWII-era U.S. base on Jan Mayen, the Norwegian-led…

Dassault Systèmes 3DExperience software is used to design a great many aircraft and defence platforms. (Dassault Systèmes)Founded in 1981, Dassault Systèmes is a leading provider of 3D aerospace and engineering design and simulation software. In fact, its 3DExperience software is used by more than 390,000 customers worldwide in multiple industries, including by big players such as Airbus, Boeing, Comac, Embraer and Lockheed Martin.Defence industry is a major user too, and fighters such as the F-16, F-35, Mirage and Rafale, as well as complex items like aircraft carriers and nuclear-powered submarines, were all designed using Dassault Systèmes software.Pierre Marchadier, Vice President,…

Former heavyweight boxing champions Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua are set to collide atop a Netflix- streamed fight card on Fri., Dec. 11, 2026 at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. Both pugilists will be on hand for today’s kickoff press conference, streaming LIVE on the Netflix YouTube channel (embedded above) at 1 p.m. ET.“Boxing has taken a hit in the United States,” White said at the “Contender Series” press conference. “It’s not as big as it was 20 years ago. It has become a very British sport, and all the sh*t that you’re hearing, the crying, and the b*tching, and…

A missile doesn’t need to be the fastest weapon in the sky to be dangerous.The Norwegian Naval Strike Missile (NSM) proves the point. It flies at high subsonic speed, carries a roughly 125 kg warhead, and does not rely on a big radar seeker shouting its position across the sea. Instead, it stays low, approaches quietly, and uses an imaging infrared seeker to find and recognize its target.That combination is what makes the NSM interesting.The textbook description is simple: Norway built a long-range anti-ship cruise missile. But that misses the real story. A warship has to detect an incoming missile,…