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The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Iranian media outlets are reporting that a port on Iran’s largest island in the Strait of Hormuz came under attack. However, details are scant at the moment and no images have emerged to support the claims. We have reached out to U.S. Central Command for more information. The reports come as negotiations between the U.S. and Iran to end the war have been ongoing during a fragile ceasefire that would be further imperiled by a new round of fighting. This story has been…

Sean Strickland believes Khamzat Chimaev exposed his true character by posting their sparring footage. Strickland is poised to challenge reigning middleweight titleholder Chimaev in the headlining bout of UFC 328 this Saturday at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Tensions between Strickland and Chimaev had been brewing for quite some time before UFC 328 was officially announced. With fight week now in full swing and both fighters continuing to trade barbs, “Borz” has seemingly added even more fuel to the fire with a recent social media post. On Tuesday, the undefeated Chechen shared a 25-second clip from his long-discussed…

Listen to the article 8 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Amazon’s move to open up its transportation, distribution and fulfillment services to any company won’t wipe out FedEx, UPS and other logistics providers any time soon, but it will still cast a large shadow over the industry, experts told Supply Chain Dive. On Monday, the company announced the launch of Amazon Supply Chain Services, which offers freight transportation, parcel shipping and distribution and fulfillment by tapping into the company’s expansive network of U.S. fulfillment centers, trailers, intermodal containers and aircraft. Amazon Supply…

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In an environment where conditions change faster than plans, systems are no longer judged by what they carry, but by how they respond. At SAHA Expo 2026, HAVELSAN and the Presidency of Defence Industries signed a contract amendment covering the Version 3 configuration of the BARKAN Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV). First inducted into the Turkish Armed Forces inventory in 2023, BARKAN has evolved through operational use rather than fixed specifications. Each version reflects direct field feedback and changing mission needs. The platform has followed a clear progression. The first version established a reliable unmanned ground capability. The second expanded its…

May 07, 2026 Artificial intelligence is transforming how defense organizations, critical infrastructure operators, and industrial teams collect data, interpret threats, and make decisions. As AI capabilities advance, organizations are moving beyond centralized cloud environments and bringing intelligence closer to where operations occur. The result is a growing shift toward AI at the edge, deploying advanced computing alongside sensors, platforms, and operational systems. This shift is becoming a strategic requirement for environments where speed, resilience, and autonomy determine mission success. However, deploying AI at the edge involves more than moving algorithms closer to the data source. Real-world environments introduce operational challenges…

The U.S. military will never again rely on just one vendor of AI tools as it did with Anthropic, the defense undersecretary for research and engineering said Thursday.“We were single-threaded on one vendor, one AI vendor at the Department of War, and to integrate into classified systems is not just putting your software on a public cloud and having it work,” Emil Michael said at the Special Competitive Studies Project’s AI+ Expo event in Washington, D.C. “These are sophisticated, protective systems that take a lot of work to integrate on, so it wasn’t like I could just turn on a few other models that easily.…

FORT STEWART, Ga. — A futuristic whirr from the skies cut through the quiet of an unusually cool Georgia afternoon.In stationary concentration, a soldier moved only his fingers as he steered a small device through plastic pipes arranged into a makeshift obstacle course built to qualify soldiers on a tool that has quickly changed the course of modern warfare: drones. Unmanned aircraft shape nearly every part of the battlefields today, from reconnaissance and artillery spotting to precision strikes and surveillance.As the U.S. Army moves to integrate drones into each formation, units across the force are figuring out how to teach,…

FORT STEWART, Ga. — U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, are redefining how modern warfare is fought during Raider Density, an intensive training event conducted from April–May designed to prepare units for large-scale combat. Across the installation’s training areas, Soldiers are adapting to a battlefield where information, speed and innovation are as critical as firepower, taking on expanded roles as battlefield technology integrators who connect emerging capabilities directly into maneuver formations. The concept is rooted in multi-domain operations, or MDO, which synchronizes effects across land, air, cyber and electromagnetic domains. During Raider Density, Soldiers…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently warned of “unusual activity” on his country’s northern border with Belarus. The Ukrainian leader’s comments came amid reports that Belarus is expanding military infrastructure in the border region. This is fueling speculation that Russia may be planning to open up a new front in the war against Ukraine, and could seek to pressure Belarus into joining the invasion. Fears of a new Belarusian front are probably overblown, at least for the time being. However, there are clear indications that Russia is steadily expanding Belarusian involvement in the war. In recent months, Ukraine has accused Moscow…