Babcock has secured a contract to provide in-service support for the British Army’s Field Electrical Power Supplies (FEPS) power generators.

The Defense Department on Tuesday unveiled a new “Agent Designer” tool that will run on its GenAI.mil platform.
The tool is being integrated with Google Gemini capabilities, according to the announcement.
In a message posted on social media, the Pentagon CTO’s office said that 3 million employees at the department — including those without coding experience — can use the technology to create their own “custom AI assistants to automate tasks and streamline complex workflows” for a variety of mission areas.

Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum only for War on the Rocks members. Each Monday, we bring you a curated selection of articles from Ukrainian media offering insight into how Ukrainians themselves debate the issues shaping their country.American coverage often narrows the view to the battlefield — these pieces widen it, revealing the texture of daily life, politics, and public argument in a nation at war.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declined to say how long U.S. military operations against Iran might last, a day after President Donald Trump indicated the conflict could be nearing its end.
During a Pentagon news conference on Tuesday, a reporter asked Hegseth to provide his assessment on how far the U.S. military is into its campaign against Iran, dubbed Operation Epic Fury.
Hegseth replied that Trump will determine what objectives need to be achieved and what the conflict’s end state will be.
“He gets to control the throttle,” Hegseth said.

Retired Army Lt. Col. Alan Johnson survived the Iranian ballistic missile strike on Al-Asad Air Base, Iraq, in 2020, that left dozens with traumatic brain injuries that went undiagnosed for days and, in some cases, even weeks. Recently, Johnson told Congress that the majority of traumatic brain injuries, or TBIs, are “easily missed” in combat scenarios.
Johnson said he believes the military’s standard test for TBIs, which is essentially a checklist of symptoms that might be noticed in a doctor’s office or clinic, is not practical in austere environments.

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In April 2022, when the U.S. National Guard began pulling M113 armored personnel carriers out of storage to ship to Ukraine, the reaction was fairly consistent. Veterans, active service, and commentators alike called it “clearing out the cupboards.”
Ukrainian soldiers who had trained on Bradleys in Germany returned home to find boxy, vintage aluminum carriers waiting for them instead. Disappointment was the immediate reaction.
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Years later, the M113 is one of the more valued vehicles in Ukraine’s arsenal.

The war with Iran has prompted many questions about what comes next.

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Planned to fly in 2028, the X-76 will explore technologies for fast-flying runway-independent aircraft with folding rotors, crewed and uncrewed.

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In late 2017, while traveling to Moscow on official duty, I experienced a sudden, debilitating health incident. After a long and arduous battle with the CIA to obtain treatment, military doctors at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center outside Washington ultimately diagnosed and treated me for a line-of-duty traumatic brain injury. I was never the same after the incident and years of painful recovery continue to this day.I served for 26 years in the U.S.

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United States officials speaking to the Washington Post on March 10 confirmed that the U.S. Army has begun moving parts of its THAAD anti-missile system from South Korea to the Middle East, a week after South Korean sources first reported that a withdrawal of components of THAAD systems, and possibly full systems, was under consideration. This follows confirmation from South Korean government sources on March 9 that U.S. Army MIM-104 Patriot long range air defence systems have also been preparedfor redeployment from South Korea to the Middle East, and that heavy U.S.

Multiple Indian sources have reported that the Indian Air Force is planning to make a very large scale procurement of several hundred R-37M long range air-to-air missiles, which will more than triple the engagement ranges of the Su-30MKI fighters that form the backbone of its combat aviation fleet.

Footage take at Almamzar Beach in Dubai has show a United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force F-16E/F fighter in hot pursuit of an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Shahed 136 single use attack drone. The F-16 carried two AIM-120 air-to-air missiles, but appeared to be closing in to attempt to achieve a gun kill. The outcome of the engagement is unknown. Iran has launched large scale missile and drone attacks targeting bases across the Persian Gulf region hosting U.S.

The Ukrainian Air Force on March 9 reported the death of one of the country’s most experienced airmen, Colonel Alexander Dovgach, the commander of the 39th Fighter Aviation Brigade, during a combat sortie. “In the eastern direction, in the conditions of a significant advantage of the air enemy and powerful counteraction of hostile air defence systems, Colonel Alexander Dovgach was killed,” the Air Force announced. Dovgach carried out combat missions in the Kiev, Kharkiv, and Kherson regions, and also carried out strikes on Snake Island in the spring of 2022.

As the Islamic Republic weathers U.S. and Israeli missile strikes on its infrastructure and the killing of key political figures, China remains on the sidelines, offering words and technical expertise rather than arms to its closest partner in the Middle East.

To be sure, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has strongly condemned the U.S.-Israeli intervention in Iran, calling it “unacceptable” for Washington to launch attacks amid ongoing negotiations with Tehran, “still less to blatantly attack and kill a leader of a sovereign country and instigate government change.

In mid-February, WESH TV news (NBC channel 2) reported that stolen military explosive devices were found in a home at The Villages, Florida, northwest of Orlando.
The county’s bomb squad unit responded to the scene. According to WESH, it was confirmed that the explosives were stolen from the military.
News reporter Luana Muñoz said that neighbors didn’t want to go on camera out of fear of retribution.
Neighbors needed to evacuate for three hours as a safety precaution.
Authorities confirmed that all explosives were removed.

For several years, veterans groups have been pushing for legislation that would allow those wounded in combat to receive both disability benefits and retirement pay. However, a bill intended to do just that — the Major Richard Star Act — recently stalled in the Senate.
Named for an Army reserve major who died of lung cancer linked to burn pit exposure, the legislation took aim at a federal rule against “double-dipping” — one that veterans’ advocates argue has wrongly been applied to two different federal benefits.

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South Korea’s defense industry is booming

Facing a $150 billion infrastructure backlog and congressional appropriation caps, the Army is looking to make private industry an interesting offer: co-invest in its priorities and get a return that isn’t solely reliant on the service itself.
Dubbed the “Strategic Capital Initiative,” the Army is asking industry to help come up with ideas for new public-private partnership structures, operating models and contracting processes that can quickly tackle some of its most pressing demands, according to service leaders and a request for information.

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Thirty-eight minutes.
The Anglo-Zanzibar War on August 27, 1896, was fought in less time than it takes to watch the much-discussed combat scene from “Lone Survivor.” It was the shortest war in world history, which spans, you know, a bunch of years, so that is saying something.
Related: Why Patton’s predecessor in North Africa proved so useless against the Nazis
British warships fired upon the royal palace shortly after 9 a.m.

AeroVironment will develop and deliver the Generative Environment for the Next Era of Spectral Imaging Stimulators, known as GENESIS.

A U.K.-based unmanned aerial system manufacturer claimed the top spot in the first round of the Pentagon’s Drone Dominance competition, reaping delivery orders from the Defense Department.
Skycutter, headquartered in London, was one of more than two dozen drone makers selected to participate in the first “Gauntlet” for the Drone Dominance Program, part of an initiative launched by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last year to boost the American military’s UAS arsenal.

Troops taking part in the war with Iran are “writing history” and showcasing their “wartime readiness,” the acting commander of the Air National Guard told his forces.
A letter to National Guard troops, dated March 5, was sent out by the National Guard Bureau and signed by Maj. Gen. Duke Pirak, the acting director of the Air National Guard, and Chief Master Sgt. Joshua Moore, command chief for the Air National Guard.
“In the opening hours and days of OPERATION EPIC FURY, we have already demonstrated our formidable wartime readiness,” reads the National Guard Bureau letter.

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Summary and Key Points: Defense analyst Jack Buckby evaluates the critical “magazine depth” crisis facing the U.S. Navy as the four Ohio-class SSGNs (USS Ohio, Michigan, Florida, and Georgia) enter retirement.

-With each boat carrying 154 Tomahawks, the fleet’s decommissioning removes over 600 VLS cells from the undersea inventory.

Tomahawk Block IV Missile. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Tomahawk Launch. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Summary and Key Points: Jack Buckby, a New York-based defense analyst and British researcher, evaluates the looming “magazine depth” crisis as the U.S. Navy prepares to decommission its four Ohio-class SSGNs.

-As of March 9, 2026, the ongoing Operation Epic Fury in Iran has underscored the vital role of the Tomahawk land-attack cruise missile (TLAM), with the Navy exhausting stockpiles to dismantle IRGC infrastructure.

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The National Armaments Consortium is expanding its collaboration with academia, industry and the military in an effort to quickly standardize drone fuzing technology, which its leaders say is a critical component to the Pentagon’s push to pump out lethal unmanned aerial systems.
Fuzing technology generally refers to systems that control how and when a munition, in this case attached to a drone, explodes. Fuze development is particularly important to lethal UAS, which are intended to move quickly to a target and need to detonate reliably.

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When the United States becomes embroiled in any ongoing conflict (not just a new Middle Eastern conflict), it inevitably stokes conscription fears among American civilians. They start to wonder if they’ll be drafted, if their sons will be drafted, and what (if any) draft exemptions are possible.
Also Read: 11 ways Americans dodged the Vietnam War draft
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt didn’t help allay any anxiety or fears of a draft when she refused to tell Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo that President Trump isn’t planning to use ground troops in Iran.

The UK Government has revealed, supposedly for the first time, that it has established four MRO facilities in Ukraine.

The Defense Department has identified Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington, of  Glendale, Kentucky, as the American soldier who died after being wounded in a March 1 attack by Iran on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia.
Pennington, 26, died of his wound on March 8, according to the Defense Department. He is the seventh U.S. service member to die during Operation Epic Fury, the U.S. military’s name for combat operations against Iran.  At the time of the attack, he was assigned to the 1st Space Battalion, 1st Space Brigade, based out of Fort Carson, Colorado.
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Before the first bomb fell, the conflict in Iran was already being dominated from 22,000 miles above it.
On an uneventful evening in February 2026, hours prior to F-35s screaming off carrier decks and B-2s beginning their long trek toward Tehran, U.S. Space Command and Cyber Command were already at work, relentlessly severing the connective tendons of Iran’s military.
Also Read: America’s ongoing quest to stop firing $4 million missiles at $30,000 drones
Satellite communications would go dark, sensor networks would lose sight.

Joint Interagency Task Force 401 and the Federal Aviation Administration have conducted a high-energy laser test to advance c-UAS in the US.

The United States Coast Guard has been around since President George Washington signed the Tariff Act in 1790. In the nearly 2½ centuries since, the Coast Guard has pingponged between three federal cabinet departments for oversight.
Does it surprise you that none of those departments is the Defense Department?
Related: The complete guide to Coast Guard ranksA good follow-up question is, “Why not?” It’s a valid point, considering the  Coast Guard is the only military service branch outside the Pentagon’s umbrella.
How did we get here? Let’s find out.

The USS Nimitz is at sea for one last job. The aging aircraft carrier, set to be decommissioned, departed its homeport in Washington State this weekend and is heading to the waters around Latin America.
The USS Nimitz and its crew of several thousand sailors departed Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Washington, for its planned final destination at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia ahead of being decommissioned. Stars & Stripes reported on Saturday that the ship will be deploying to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility during that final voyage.

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The announcement comes after months of White House pressure on defense companies to build weapons faster.

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Air Force Global Strike Command conducted an operational test launch Tuesday of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with two test reentry…