The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has ended its experiment to create a heavy cargo seaplane.The nearly three-year-old Liberty Lifter program was intended to design and build — and possibly float and fly — a long-range, low-cost seaplane that could take off and land in rough seas. DARPA said in 2023 that it wanted the plane to have roughly the same size and capacity as a C-17 Globemaster, which can carry more than 170,000 pounds of cargo such as M1 Abrams tanks.In a statement to Defense News, DARPA confirmed it had concluded the Liberty Lifter program in June. Aviation Week…
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The Army has changed how it investigates misconduct allegations, adding new rules that may complicate how soldiers make anonymous reports of misconduct, including punishments for soldiers who make false allegations.The changes also stopped the flagging of an accused soldier’s personnel records ahead of an investigation.The changes came in a June update to the Army’s 15-6 regulation, which lays out the process for investigating military- misconduct, such as misuse of government resources, hazing, sexual harassment, toxic leadership, adultery, fraternization, cruelty and maltreatment of subordinates and violation of orders and regulations.An Army official told Task & Purpose, who first reported on the…
Russia has a new deterrence weapon, and they’ve already used it with precision against Ukraine. It is not a nuclear weapon, either. Its emergence all but signals the end of Ukraine if this war continues. Oreshnik is a new type of Russian ballistic missile capable of reaching speeds exceeding Mach 10, surviving reentry temperatures of 4,000 °C, and delivering kinetic force that rivals that of tactical nuclear weapons. The Oreshnik isn’t just fast; it’s a newly engineered and completely different weapon of war. According to a report by RT, this weapon has come to fruition in less than a year.…
U.S. Air Force fighter pilots integrated two Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie drones into an aerial combat training exercise at Florida’s Eglin Air Force Base in what the Air Force has described as “a major leap in human-machine teaming.” Pilots of an F-16C Fighting Falcon and an F-15 Strike Eagle controlled two Valkryie drones each while flying, wielding them while performing combat maneuvers. The pilots successfully used their skills in harmony with the unmanned aerial vehicles in realtime. “With this flight, we mark a crucial step in developing capabilities that harness human-machine teaming to overcome complex threats and expand our advantages,” Brig.…
This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge. Federal government agencies terminated 54 contracts over two days that netted $804 million in savings, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said in a July 5 post on the social media platform X. The canceled “wasteful contracts” had a ceiling value of $1.8 billion, it said. These include an “$842k USAID professional services contract for a ‘director of the Armenia innovation hub within the USAID/Armenia Economic Growth Office’ and a $33k USAGM contract for ‘24/7 FM broadcast services to the Togolese Republic.’” As Naveen Athrappully reports for The Epoch Times, DOGE’s announcement…
Let’s cut the bull: fuel is control. The powers that be love when you’re shackled to the pump, playing their game, paying their prices, and begging for their approval every time you want to travel, plow, or power up. But what if you could sidestep the entire rigged system? What if you could make your own fuel—from kitchen scraps, forgotten fryer oil, or even the plants in your backyard? It’s not science fiction. It’s biodiesel, and it’s real, it’s DIY, and it’s one hell of a middle finger to Big Energy. Think about it—while they’re busy pushing electric everything and…
A fire piston is one of those survival tools that seems almost magical. It ignites tinder using only the heat generated by rapid air compression. No batteries, no flint, no sparks. Just a piston, a cylinder, and physics.Not only is a fire piston incredibly useful in off-grid or emergency situations, it’s also fairly easy to make with some basic materials and tools. Recently, I came across a great DIY example on the YouTube channel, jonthewoodworker. You can watch it below, but I also included written instructions.Want to save this post for later? Click Here to Pin It On Pinterest!Materials Used…
President Donald Trump’s decision to send more defensive weapons to Ukraine came after he privately expressed frustration with Pentagon officials for announcing a pause in some deliveries last week — a move that he felt wasn’t properly coordinated with the White House, according to three people familiar with the matter.The Pentagon, which announced last week that it would hold back some air defense missiles, precision-guided artillery and other weapons pledged to Ukraine because of what U.S. officials said were concerns that American stockpiles were in short supply. Trump said Monday that the U.S. will have to send more weapons to…
The U.S. Army’s history is closely tied to its cavalry units, those soldiers who rode into battle on horseback. But the service announced Tuesday that it’s moving toward a future without the ceremonial horses and will put most of them up for adoption.The Army, however, will keep operating the Old Guard ceremonial caisson units at Joint Base San Antonio and Arlington National Cemetery for burial honors.Ceremonial cavalry units will be closed down at bases including Fort Cavazos in Texas, whose horses were showcased during the military parade in Washington on June 14, which was the Army’s 250th anniversary and also…
This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog under the title: 12 Important Questions That All Americans Should Be Asking About The Shameful Attempt To Cover Up The Truth About Jeffrey Epstein I literally feel sick right now. After waiting for years for the truth about Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation to come out, and after months of being promised that stunning new information would be released soon, now we are being told to forget the entire thing. The people who were brought in to run the Justice Department and the FBI were supposed to…