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SWJ There is no arguing that the current formation design of an Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) is too large and needs to evolve Source link

WASHINGTON — After a year and a half without a confirmed Pentagon comptroller, today the Senate voted 51-47 for Jules “Jay” Hurst to officially take on the role, along with greenlighting key Air Force and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) nominees. Hurst, who performed the duties of comptroller from August 2025 until May, when he stepped away after the White House appointed him to take over the role full time, will now slide back into the role overseeing defense budgets and spend plans once sworn in. During his mid-July confirmation hearing, Hurst vowed to focus on three main priorities if confirmed —…

A B-21 Raider. Credit: wilz94/Shutterstock.com. Construction firm Conti Federal has secured $49.8m contract to construct 80 environmental protection shelters (EPS) for the US Air Force’s (USAF) B-21 Raider programme at Ellsworth Air Force Base (AFB).  The company was appointed by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Omaha District.   Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more Under the terms of the contract, Conti Federal will build six pre-engineered metal shelters totalling 20,000ft2, alongside three maintenance kiosks, supporting airfield and ground equipment paving, and work…

Nepal’s Tarai-Madhesh region abutting India appears increasingly prone to religious strife. With the sway of India’s Hindu nationalist groups like the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) steadily building on Nepali soil, the country is also witnessing more Hindu-Muslim tensions. While common in north India, such incidents had been rare in Nepal until recently. Earlier this month, four Nepali youths were killed in clashes with police. The immediate cause of the incident was a Hindu procession passing through Dewanjung in Sunsari district, blasting loud music. The local Muslims protested. A clash ensued, police intervened and three youths were killed. (A fourth died…

Marine Corps Compass Points For decades China has wormed its tentacles around the globe in preparation for war. US Marines can help deter China by being clear that if war comes, Marines will… Source link

WASHINGTON — The Army has officially opened up four of its domestic testing ranges and one international range where private industry can blast off interceptor missiles they have developed with their own funds, in hopes of getting promising candidates into the acquisition pipeline faster. Currently, defense companies, particularly smaller nontraditional vendors, often face wait times of up to 12 to 18 months to secure a spot on ranges — namely White Sands Missile Range — to test their systems, Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll told reporters today.  “That is not sufficient,” Driscoll said. “If you look at what Ukraine…

ARX Robotics’ GEREON UGV during the experiment. Credit: © ARX Robotics GmbH. ARX Robotics UK has successfully demonstrated the operational potential of its GEREON uncrewed ground vehicles (UGVs) during Project Convergence-Capstone 6 (PC-C6), the largest experiment to date in the US Army’s ongoing campaign to modernise land warfare capabilities.   The trial, held across a month at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California, involved allied military teams from the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.  Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more…

Vietnam attracted $34.65 billion in registered foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first half of 2026, 61 percent more than the same period in 2025. At the same time, realized FDI reached $13.03 billion, its highest first-half level in five years. Observers including Harvard’s Growth Lab have also pointed to Vietnam’s increasingly diverse and sophisticated export base as a source of strong long-run growth prospects. By conventional measures, the country’s development model is working. Despite this, another important labor-market signal has been moving in the opposite direction. Since the late 2000s, the wage premium earned by staying in school has…

Alan Besquin, FNN In future conflicts, victory will not be determined by the number of drones fielded, but by the strength of the network connecting them. Source link

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has launched a review of America’s nuclear posture, focused on providing more “options” for the White House, two top officials said this week. The comments come after over a decade of concerns that Russia and China are developing lower-yield “tactical” nuclear warheads, while the US arsenal is largely reliant on heavier “strategic” nuclear weapons. The theory is that a foreign country could use lower-yield weapons and lock the US president into a no-win situation: either not responding, or having to respond with overwhelming, world-ending force.  The start of the review was announced by Undersecretary of Defense…