NIOA has partnered with Hydrix to deliver critical counter-drone capabilities to the Australian Defence Force.  The agreement teams Australian-owned NIOA with Hydrix for support on the design and development of electronic fuzing and kinetic effector payload sub-components for integration on ...

FORT BENNING, Ga. — The Army’s toughest course just got tougher. On April 21, 2026, the first class of U.S. Army Ranger students tackled Fort Benning’s new Bayonet Assault Course, a rugged addition to the Malvesti obstacle course. Integrated into ...

Last year’s abrupt termination of USAID caused roughly 10-percent increases in conflict events and combat deaths in Africa, according to peer-reviewed research released on Thursday. The study by European and U.S. researchers examined violence and security in 870 African subnational ...

Quantum Space is building its first satellite, but the Maryland-based company is already planning its first large manufacturing facility in Tulsa. Why there? Location and propulsion testing.  The state government is “building a hypergolic test stand in Oklahoma that will ...

Members of Congress on Thursday encouraged U.S. Navy and Marine Corps leaders to prioritize America’s maritime industrial base amid recent discussions about potentially building ships abroad. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle spoke about the fiscal 2027 Defense Department ...

Two leaders have been tapped by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to coordinate spy agencies’ efforts to track and thwart threats to the 2026 midterm elections, according to a congressional source and a second person familiar with the matter.  Dave ...

Dear Industry – Cut The Slop Dear Industry, For the past several years we have been VERY generous here at SSD in publishing your press releases free of charge, regardless of whether you are an advertiser or not. What’s more, ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping delivered a blunt threat to U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, saying that any misstep over Taiwan could push the two economic superpowers toward direct confrontation. “The Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-U.S. ...

Flying and downing drones are becoming part of many U.S. soldiers’ jobs, so over the last few weeks in Lithuania, infantry units worked to add drone warfare to their ground-combat expertise. During the fifth iteration of Project Flytrap, a U.S. ...

Hotspur Launches SOLDIER Line with Coin To mark the launch of the new SOLDIER brand at the recent British Army RSM conference, Hotspur commissioned an exclusive coin and pin badge set for the occasion. Each coin case was wrapped in ...