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UFC bantamweight Raoni Barcelos was discharged from the hospital Tuesday night, three days after a scary incident in his UFC Vegas 121 main event bout with Raul Rosas Jr. at the Meta APEX.Barcelos posted a picture on social media at around 9 p.m. local time, standing in front of the hospital alongside his wife and son.“Discharged and with my family,” Barcelos wrote in Portuguese. “I want to thank everyone for the love, prayers and positive vibrations. God is our victory.”The 39-year-old fighter and the UFC have yet to confirm what led to him going unconscious in the fifth round of…

The U.S. Navy announced that it is procuring 30 medium unmanned surface vessels after seven companies competed for contracts as part of its new autonomous maritime robotics initiative.The service awarded contracts to Galliano Marine Services, Huntington Ingalls Industries and Saronic Technologies after the three companies completed phase one of at-sea testing for its Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel Family of Systems program.Sea Machines, Leidos, PacMar Technologies and Birdon also completed at-sea testing and competed for a contract but ultimately lost the bid to produce vessels for the Navy.“Each agreement includes the procurement of 10 MUSVs, at an average procurement cost of…

American Rheinmetall’s Maine production facility will manufacture and upgrade thousands of MK93 enhanced softmount systems under a new order supporting U.S. Army requirements through defense contractor ADS Inc and the Defense Logistics Agency. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2026 and continue through October 2027. The order includes production of 3,104 new MK93 enhanced softmount systems as well as upgrades to 245 previously delivered mounts, bringing all systems to the current configuration. The total order value is $20.7M (€ 18.05M). The MK93 enhanced softmount provides a stable, durable, and mission-ready mounting solution for crew served weapon systems. Its design supports…

A bomb can be built to hit hard. The BLU-109 Bomb was built to get inside.That difference explains why this weapon has lasted for decades.The BLU-109 bomb is a 2,000-pound-class hard-target penetrator used against hardened structures such as bunkers, aircraft shelters and reinforced concrete facilities. Its body is made from forged, hardened steel, with a casing roughly twice as thick as the one used on the Mk 84 general-purpose bomb.The idea is straightforward. Instead of putting most of the design effort into a thin bomb casing and a large blast, engineers made the body strong enough to survive the initial…

Home › UFC News › Marlon Vera receives praise from former title rival after breaking losing streak Marlon Vera fans all over the world were happy to see him break a four-fight losing streak at UFC 331 – and as it turns out, former title rival Sean O’Malley was too. At UFC 331, Marlon Vera looked slick, he looked confident, and he looked composed as he dispatched of Charles Jourdain. It was expected to be a tough fight for him coming in, but after making changes in his camp, Chito was able to get back to near his very best.…

Home › MMA News › Paddy Pimblett Wants to Get Inside Ilia Topuria’s Head With Conor McGregor’s Jose Aldo Tactics Paddy Pimblett has a message for his arch-rival, former two-division UFC champion Ilia Topuria. Pimblett has floated the idea of coaching opposite Topuria on the next season of The Ultimate Fighter. If Pimblett’s wish comes true, he wants to use the opportunity to get under Topuria’s skin and plans to mentally destroy and beat “El Matador” the same way Conor McGregor beat Jose Aldo in 2015. During an interview with KOLOS MMA, “The Baddy” quipped: “I have no fight booked…

The Pentagon’s latest report about its implementation of the National Defense Strategy notes progress on accelerating weapons production, cutting red tape, and persuading European governments to boost defense spending—but is light on problems such as Russia’s increasing aggression in Europe and the high cost of U.S. wars in the Middle East.The report to Congress, dated Sept. 22 but pushed out on Defense Department social media on Tuesday, argues that the Trump administration has made “significant progress implementing the 2026 National Defense Strategy’s guidance” in several areas. It cites a historically large budget request that includes funding for undersea forces, long-range…

The bench press is one of the clearest ways to measure upper body pressing strength. It trains the chest, shoulders, triceps, and the ability to create full body tension under load. It is also a lift many people use to judge their progress in the gym. However, there is no single bench press number that every person over 30 should reach. Body weight, sex, training history, shoulder health, technique, limb length, and access to coaching all affect the weight you can press. A 30 year old who has trained consistently for five years should not compare their result with someone…

A raft of ‘novel effector’ technologies are maturing at pace. Some, such as hypersonic missiles, are already in operational use. Others, such as Directed Energy Weapons (DEWs) are on the cusp of more regular deployment. The landscape for these technologies is fast-moving, and accelerating, but the strategic implications of these technologies are poorly understood. This impacts international governance and stability, and the UK’s relative positioning in these technologies. This project, commissioned by the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), explores the strategic stability implications of so-called ‘novel effector’ technologies in the defence context. It defines the novel effector technologies of…

The final pair of 66 AIDC T-BE-5 Brave Eagle advanced jet trainers was handed over to the ROCAF on 24 September 2026. (AIDC)Taiwan’s Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) received the final two examples of its 66 T-BE-5 Brave Eagle advanced jet trainers on 24 September 2026, bringing the nine-year development and production programme to a close.In a ceremony marking the milestone, the two aircraft bearing tail numbers ‘1165’ and ‘1166’ departed Ching Chuan Kang Air Base in Taichung, which is where the Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation’s (AIDC) Shalu production complex is located.They subsequently flew to the ROCAF Academy at…