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At roughly $700 per base model, the HANX platform is the Marine Corps’ first 3D-printed drone that complies with laws prohibiting the U.S. military from acquiring and using unmanned aerial systems with parts from certain foreign entities, according to the service.
Marine Sgt. Henry David Volpe, an automotive maintenance technician with the 2nd Marine Logistics Group out of Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, was credited as having led the development of the HANX drone, which can be modified for different military tasks and can carry a one-kilogram payload.

The US Department of Defense has initiated its Drone Dominance Programme for the first time with a selection of 25 vendors.

In 2025, Richard Nephew and Ariana Tabatabai wrote, “Trump Has A Rare and Short Window to Solve the Iran Problem – Here’s How,” where they argued the second Trump administration should intensify pressure on Tehran amid its accelerating nuclear program. A year later, amid heightened tensions between the United States and Iran, we asked Richard to revisit their arguments. Image: khamenei.

In military terms, there is a distinct difference between a training scar and any old ineffective decision. This story from Toulouse, France, on Jan. 31, 2026, falls squarely into the category of a “Sphincter-Based Situation,” a very special event that no amount of lower-body training or deep-breathing exercises can prepare you for.
Some people collect Air Jordans, some postcards, or maybe old videos. Those little knick-knacks that occupy too much space in our attics and closets, which serve no purpose other than to remind you of a trip to Tampa you took way back yonder.

The Indian government has allocated Rs7.85tn ($86.7bn) to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in the Union Budget for the 2026–27 financial year, marking a 15.19% rise compared to the previous year’s estimates.

The US State Department has cleared potential arms sales to Israel worth approximately $6.6bn, including tactical vehicles, helicopters, and armoured vehicle power packs, against a backdrop of heightened tensions with Iran.

The Army is revamping how it hands out reenlistment bonuses, adding extra dollars for those with top scores in PT tests and job performance.
Under a memo circulated last week on social media and confirmed by Task & Purpose, top bonuses will continue to go to soldiers in hard-to-fill Military Occupational Specialties, or MOSs, with larger payouts to those who agree to serve more years. But for the first time, a soldier’s individual job performance will also be used to compute the size of their check, according to a Jan.

A soldier who gave his life shielding a Polish officer from a suicide bomber in Afghanistan will be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, his parents announced.
Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis was killed on Aug. 28, 2013, after placing himself between the suicide bomber and Polish Army Lt. Karol Cierpica, who couldn’t walk because of his wounds. Ollis was later awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his bravery.

We never get tired of learning the names that soldiers pick for their tanks, and a recent set of monickers on several M1A2 Abrams training in Poland touch on everything we love about them: dark comedy next to light-hearted humor, zen-like philosophy alongside “send it” enthusiasm.
Photos released last week capture a tank from the Army’s 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley, Kansas, labeled “Aneurysm,” which might be an effort to describe what firing the tank’s 155mm cannon feels like from the inside.

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