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A group of Republican lawmakers is pressing the Army to loosen longstanding restrictions on firearms at recreation sites run by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, arguing the policy is out of step with other federal land agencies. Led by Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas), the lawmakers on April 17 sent an open letter to Army Secretary Daniel P. Driscoll urging the service to finalize a rule that would allow individuals to carry firearms for self-defense on Corps of Engineers-managed lands. According to the Corps’ website, the agency manages more than 400 lake and river projects across 43 states, as well…

Just before midnight on Nov. 24, 2025, New Castle County police officers conducting a routine property check in Wilmington’s Canby Park spotted a white Toyota Tacoma parked after hours. What initially appeared to be a standard traffic stop uncovered a detailed terror plot. The suspect — a University of Delaware student — was found in possession of a converted machine gun, more than 100 rounds of ammunition, body armor, and a handwritten notebook mapping out a planned attack on the campus police department, including entry points, escape routes, and the name of a specific officer. When FBI agents interviewed him,…

Oslo, Norway, 6 May 2026 – Kongsberg Maritime has won a contract with Austal USA to supply its Promas propulsion system to the next four ships in the United States Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) Heritage Class program. The Coast Guard’s new OPC program represents a significant investment in maritime capability and is expected to run up to 25 ships. The new vessels will replace the Coast Guard’s medium endurance cutters and meet the need for long-term offshore capability to maintain current and future mission effectiveness. Promas combines rudder and controllable pitch propeller into one propulsion system which optimises…

Barboursville, VA — May 5, 2026 — 38 Sierra, a Virginia-based provider of specialized counter-UAS training, announces Drone Incident Response Training (DIRT), a specialized training program designed to prepare personnel to safely assess and manage grounded, crashed, suspicious, or potentially weaponized unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Most counter-UAS training focuses on detection, airspace monitoring, and drone interdiction. DIRT focuses on what happens after the drone is on the ground. Whether a drone is abandoned, has crashed, is found near sensitive infrastructure, or is associated with suspicious activity, the operational challenge changes the moment it becomes a grounded aircraft. At that point,…

For decades, scholars and politicians have marveled at the fact that democracies do not fight one another. “The absence of war between democracies comes as close as anything we have to an empirical law in international relations,” wrote the political scientist Jack Levy in 1988. “Democracies don’t attack each other. They make better trading partners and partners in diplomacy,” U.S. President Bill Clinton declared in 1994. “There are no clear-cut cases of one democracy going to war against another,” the political scientist Michael Doyle wrote in 2024, “nor do any seem forthcoming.”The lack of war among the world’s many democracies…

The Defense Department wants to change how it pays for the military health system, splitting the account into two programs to safeguard funds for providing medical care to U.S. service members.The Pentagon’s fiscal 2027 budget request calls for dividing defense health program funding into two: a Combat Operational and Medical Readiness account, or COMP, and a Private Sector Care Program section, or PSCP.The COMP budget would pay for healthcare and medical readiness of active duty personnel and support military treatment facilities, while the PSCP would cover Tricare, the department’s private health program and other care that is not offered at…

The contract marks the first selection of the C-390 Millennium in the Middle East. Credit: Embraer. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has entered into an agreement that will allow for the purchase of up to 20 C-390 Millennium airlifters for the UAE Air Force from Brazil’s Embraer. Under the terms, the UAE will acquire 10 aircraft, with options for a further 10, marking the first selection of the aircraft by a Middle Eastern buyer. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more This is also…

Disrupting enemy forces as far as possible from the frontline, destroying command and control capabilities as well as air defence assets, to reduce enemy effectiveness and open up A2/AD bubbles to facilitate air assets penetration, this is the main role of what is usually defined as “Deep Fires”. Among other firsts, at Saha Expo STM Defence Technologies Engineering unveiled its Kuzgun long-range loitering munition, which will add a further capacity to Turkish and allied forces click on image to enlarge With a 1,000 km range and a six hours flight time the Kuzgun (raven in English) deserves to be definitely…

The Usyk vs. Rico fight card is packed with title fights, including a main event showdown between Oleksandr Usyk and Rico Verhoeven for Usyk’s WBC heavyweight championship.The nine-fight card happens at the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt on DAZN pay-per-view on May 23. The card kicks off at 1 p.m. ET and Usyk and Verhoeven are expected to collide around 5 p.m. ET.In the main event, Oleksandr Usyk has compiled at 24-0 record in his legendary career, knocking out two of his past five opponents. Rico Verhoeven (1-0), a former GLORY kickboxing legend, hasn’t competed in a professional boxing match since…

Syos already has a range of different-sized USVs in its catalogue, with the larger SM1000 due before the end of 2026. (Syos Aerospace)New Zealand-headquartered Syos Aerospace is aiming to introduce its new SM1000 uncrewed patrol vessel by the end of this year, as it expands its portfolio of unmanned maritime systems.Measuring 11.5m long, the SM1000 is designed for persistent maritime surveillance. It has an operational range of around 1,200nm, and an endurance of up to two months at sea.Sam Vye, Syos Aerospace Founder and CEO, acknowledged the increasingly competitive uncrewed systems market, but he said the company’s advantage lies in…