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SUFFOLK, Va. – The Naval Information Forces (NAVIFOR) command announced the winners of the first 2025 Information Warfare (IW) Battle Efficiency (Battle “E”) awards, recognizing commands that have demonstrated sustained, superior performance and strengthened warfighting readiness in the IW domain. The Battle “E” award program was recently expanded by the Chief of Naval Operations to include the Information Warfare community, acknowledging the critical warfighting capabilities IW provides to the fleet. The winning commands represent the top ten percent of all IW commands, selected based on their performance throughout 2025. “The competition was exceptionally demanding, with those nominated demonstrating sustained superior…

10 February 2026 – DroneShield (ASX:DRO), a global leader in counter-UAS technology, today announced the appointment of Michael Powell as Chief Operating Officer, reinforcing the company’s operational leadership as it enters its next phase of global growth. The appointment follows a period of accelerated expansion for DroneShield, including increased activity across Europe and the United States, rising demand from defense, government, and critical-infrastructure customers, and a major expansion of manufacturing capacity at the company’s Alexandria, New South Wales facility. The expanded site significantly increases production throughput, shortens delivery timelines, and strengthens supply-chain resilience, positioning DroneShield to support long-term programs of…

US Marine Corps Selects GA-ASI for MUX TACAIR Collaborative Combat Aircraft Program GA-ASI’s YFQ-42A Platform to Support Next-Generation Expeditionary Air Operations SAN DIEGO – 10 February 2026 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) was competitively selected by the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) for evaluation in the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Uncrewed Expeditionary Tactical Aircraft (MUX TACAIR) Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program. The agreement integrates GA-ASI’s expertise in autonomy and uncrewed aircraft systems with a government-provided mission package, using the YFQ-42A platform as a surrogate to evaluate integration with crewed fighters. The contract initiates integration of a Marine Corps mission…

The AR-15 and the AR-10 look similar on the rack, but they feel different the moment you start running them with intent. One is built for speed and volume. The other is built for reach and authority. Treat them the same, and one of them will remind you, usually through weight, recoil, or missed follow-up shots. These rifles are tools. The optic you mount on top decides how sharp that tool really is. Two Rifles, Two Missions The AR-15, as I’m sure most of you probably know by now, is most commonly chambered in 5.56×45 mm NATO or .223 Remington.…

U.S. job growth accelerated in January, with employers adding 130,000 positions and the unemployment rate edging down to 4.3 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. The gain topped economists’ expectations for 75,000 new jobs, while the jobless rate was forecast to hold at 4.4 percent. It marked the strongest monthly increase since December 2024. Subscribe Today Get daily emails in your inbox Hiring was concentrated in health care, which added 82,000 jobs, along with social assistance and construction. Job growth was held back partly by a reduction in federal government payrolls, which shed 34,000 positions. Manufacturing…

Most energy drinks are built for a sprint. You crack the can, get a jolt, and ride the wave until it dumps you somewhere between overcaffeinated and oddly exhausted. That works fine if your day is measured in short bursts. It works less well if you make your living in long blocks of thinking, writing, planning, editing, or simply trying to stay mentally organized while the world throws noise at you from every direction. NEORON is in it for the long haul. Yes, there is caffeine in the can, about 92 milligrams, roughly what you would get from an average…

Across a stretch of open terrain at Hurlburt Field, Florida, two 1st Special Operations Wing Airmen began a race between machines. One guided a ground robot toward a simulated casualty, its treads working across dirt and grass. The other launched a small unmanned aerial system, or drone, which reached the site within seconds. From above, the drone’s camera streamed a clear view of the scene before the robot made it halfway there. It’s a new kind of flight reshaping how Explosive Ordnance Disposal Airmen execute their mission—and how the Air Force strengthens readiness through innovation. Before the adoption of modernized…