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The U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 Super Hornet Is No Stealth Fighter, and Iran Could Take It Down 
Aerial combat is always risky. Over the skies of Iran, even though the Americans and Israelis have declared air superiority and even air dominance, there have been instances when Iranian air defenses almost enjoyed a win over U.S. pilots. Take the example of the Air Force F-35 nearly destroyed when it was hit by enemy fire and forced into an emergency landing.

The Defense Department is trying to quickly find vendors who are able to ship pre-made shelters to protect troops in the Middle East as the United States’ war with Iran continues. 
The department is looking for information from private contractors who can provide “prefabricated, transportable, hardened shelter systems designed to protect personnel from blast and fragmentation threats,” according to a new federal contract notice posted Monday.

Raytheon has gained more funds to develop the AN/TPY-2 radar system, the sensor layer of THAAD air defence systems.

At the request of some of its units, the Army is looking to add “command and control on the move” capabilities to Infantry Squad Vehicles, according to a notice posted Thursday on a government contracting website.
The call for solutions comes as the Army is moving to enhance its networks with initiatives like C2 Fix and Next Gen C2. Service leaders are concerned that static command posts are becoming more vulnerable to drones and other systems that could enable adversaries to locate and strike them on the battlefield. Providing greater mobility is a means of enhancing U.S.

KNDS and Elbit Systems Land will form a joint venture, EuroPULS GmbH, to market the EuroPULS rocket artillery system for European militaries.

On Mar. 19, 2026, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) announced the adoption of a new service rifle based on the AR-15 design. Procured under the Canadian Modular Assault Rifle (CMAR) initiative, the Colt Canada Modular Rail Rifle (MRR) will replace the CAF’s current C7 rifle and C8 carbine, both produced by Colt Canada.
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As with most NATO nations, Canada adopted a version of the FN FAL during the Cold War. Designated the C1A1, the 7.62mm NATO rifle was replaced by the 5.56mm NATO C7 rifle in 1984.

The US Department of State has approved a potential Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Japan valued at approximately $340m, aimed at enhancing the country’s indigenous upgraded Hyper Velocity Gliding Projectiles (HVGP) capability.

In Nato’s Annual Report, it revised down its estimates for UK defence spending as a proportion of GDP to below to Alliance average.

The Department of Veterans Affairs regularly helps veterans become homeowners through its home loans, and as part of the process, an appraiser hired by the VA must inspect each property. However, due to limited availability and high demand, it can take several days for appraisers to be assigned to those jobs, leaving veterans competing with other buyers and potentially losing out due to those delays. That is according to a bipartisan group of senators, who introduced a bill on Thursday evening to help incentivize more appraisers to take jobs with the VA and meet the demand.

In 1876, Americans were introduced to the typewriter and sewing machine, tasted ketchup for the first time, and saw firsthand what a 1,400-horsepower steam engine could do.
All of that occurred at a collection of displays with the long-winded title of “the 1876 International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures, and Products of Soil and Mine.” Most remember it by a more familiar name: the World’s Fair.
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This was not just any World’s Fair.