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Contracts ARMY Ferrovial Construccion PR LLC, San Juan, Puerto Rico, was awarded a $1,078,991,952 firm-fixed-price contract for channel bottom and wall improvements as part of the Rio Puerto Nuevo Flood Control Project, Supplemental Contract Three. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with an estimated completion date of April 28, 2032. Fiscal 2018 construction, Corps of Engineers, civil funds in the amount of $1,078,991,952 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Caribbean District, is the contracting activity (W51DQV-26-C-A003). General Dynamics Land Systems, Sterling…

Alexander Volkanovski believes it might be fair to say that he got in the way of Beneil Dariush’s UFC title hopes. There was a time when Dariush was on a hot streak in the lightweight division. “Benny” amassed an eight-fight winning streak within four years and appeared to be on the verge of a title shot. Volkanovski chased champ-champ status and challenged Islam Makhachev twice for the 155-pound gold. Dariush’s streak was snapped when he suffered a first-round TKO loss to Charles Oliveira in June 2023. Dariush has gone 1-3 in his last four outings. Looking back on that time…

Inkas, the Canadian armoured vehicles manufacturer, ran a series of tests with its M1 MRAP, based on KNDS Mobility solutions, in the Spanish Applus+ IDIADA test centre. This underlines the Inkas intent to expand its footprint in Europe, which it considers a key market. Unveiled at Milipol Paris 2025 and seen at the IAV Conference in January 2026, the M1 will be at Eurosatory where it will take part in the dynamic demonstration of what is considered the benchmark for land defence exhibitions Based in Toronto, Inkas started armouring civilian cars and producing vehicles for cash in transit. Under the…

While the funding lapse for most Homeland Security Department agencies ended on Thursday, a trade association for government contractors warned that it will take time for federal operations to return to normal and for some contracting companies to experience financial relief from missed reimbursements due to the shutdown. “We’re very thankful that the shutdown is now over, but there’s still a lot of work to be done to get the government back on track,” said Jim Carroll, the CEO of the Professional Services Council. The association reported on Tuesday that as a result of the DHS shutdown, which began in mid-February, contracts…

Chris Bumstead has kept himself quite busy during his retirement. Since the six-time Classic Physique Mr. Olympia titleholder called it a career in 2024, he’s gone on to capture even more personal milestones. He married his longtime partner, Courtney; welcomed a second child, Blake Jane; and has remained consistently active on social media, where he shares his routines for performance-focused fitness, as well as inspiring messages for his followers. But that’s not all he’s been up to.  For the last several months, the Canadian bodybuilding legend has secretly been working on a new project guaranteed to blow up the fitness…

This April, G3 Systems reaches its 25th Anniversary of delivering operationally proven expertise in the design and delivery of deployable and fixed infrastructure solutions to austere overseas environments, a significant milestone for the company. This achievement, combined with just completing 4 years of diverse infrastructure support to the South Atlantic Permanent Joint Operating Bases (PJOBs) adds yet another chapter to the G3 Systems’ story. G3 Systems has a long and distinguished history of providing excellent infrastructure support, project management and facilities management to UK & NATO forces and government departments, deployed in austere and high-risk operations around the world. From…

Bottom lines up front TOYKO—Japan, the main partner of the United States in the Asia-Pacific, is seeing the basic tenets of its economic prosperity and geopolitical alignment called into question. Meanwhile, a steady flow of official delegations from equally uneasy US allies keeps flying in, eager to learn how the country is dealing with the harsh realities of the geoeconomic era. Researchers who believe they understand the country will tell you there is no homegrown model ready for export. Yet, when this author recently returned to Tokyo to speak at a fintech conference and check in on how the country…

In this episode, National Defense discusses aerial tanker connectivity, mine removal technology in Ukraine, and the big rocket industry.

Just War theory has been at the heart of discussion of the US/Israel war on Iran over the last couple of weeks. This is great for theorists and students of international relations because Just War has been, and still is, central to the conception of international order. So much so that practically every leading philosopher, jurist and theologian has written on it. Just War theory has a long history, going back to the Ancient Greeks (Aristotle, 4th Century BCE) and the Romans (Cicero, 1st Century BCE) as a moral and ethical compass, seeking to limit and to regulate war and…