KYIV, Ukraine — The Department of Defense has awarded a contract worth almost $11 million to X-Bow Systems, a New Mexico-based rocket manufacturer, under a program aimed at developing a new anti-ballistic weapon for less than $750,000 a shot — roughly a fifth the cost of its top-tier equivalent, the Patriot missile.First issued one year ago, the government’s original solicitation from the Missile Defense Agency’s Rapid Response Small Launcher Technology program called on tenders that could “rapidly demonstrate very low cost, modular interceptor designs to counter ballistic and hypersonic threats.”Two companies, Northrop Grumman and L3Harris’ Aerojet Rocketdyne, have long held…

Can’t Luka Doncic and his Los Angeles Lakers teammates do some team building at a Slovenian nightclub in peace? Can’t a former Playboy model also happen to be hanging out there?The answer to that, apparently, is no. The Lakers trip over the weekend to a Ljubljana restaurant, which reportedly also serves as a nightclub, made news in the Slovenian outlet Nedeljski dnevnik. The exclusive party had strict rules, according to the outlet. There were no pictures or videos allowed inside the nightclub and phones had stickers placed over the cameras.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON…

Maintenance delays for U.S. Navy attack subs have resulted in boats that are frequently idle in port when they should be at sea. Over the last decade, “these delays resulted in an estimated $3.4 billion in costs to sustain crews and submarines that provided no operational capability,” according to the Government Accountability Office study. Perhaps even worse for a Navy already overstretched and exhausted, maintenance backlogs for attack subs between 2016-25 resulted in 15,000 lost operational days. This includes “active idle time,” when submarines and their crews “must remain pier-side because they are no longer certified to conduct normal operations…

‘Nightcaps’ is a daily column that catches you up on the biggest sports, news and culture stories you may have missed while pretending to do work at your desk. It runs Monday–Friday on OutKick.com.Over the hump and safely into the second half of the week. We’re 48 hours away from college football, boys and girls. Two sleeps. That’s it.Will it feel like a college football Saturday? A real one? Eh. Probably not. No GameDay. No Big Noon. No full slate.But after the insufferable summer we’ve just endured, a little UNC-TCU in Dublin will be welcomed with open arms. Everyone is…

The National Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday the crew of a military helicopter carrying President Donald Trump that came too close to a passenger jet on Aug. 4 failed to reach air traffic controllers before departing.The incident involving a plane departing Reagan Washington National Airport raised questions about why the passenger airplane was allowed to depart while ​Marine One was nearby, a time when commercial traffic is typically halted.The NTSB said the Marine One crew at least twice attempted to give controllers a required three-minute notice of departure but were hampered by communications issues. Read the full article here

Maciej Torbé has returned to Civivi for a new folder they have dubbed the Wellmax. The Wellmax arrives for duty with a standout blade shape, full-sized ergonomics, and two-material handle construction. Torbé has designed for Civivi before, but this is the first time in a while – in fact, some of the previous Torbé/Civivi collabs are now discontinued, while another – the Sollertia front flipper – has only been seen as a show prototype. Torbé seems to prefer tech-industrial styling on his knives, and has an obvious interest in blade shapes that defy conventional expectations while still delivering in the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE — The House Committee on Education and the Workforce is demanding Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Superintendent and CEO Macquline King respond to concerns that schools are hiding information regarding students’ gender transitions from parents.In a letter obtained by Fox News Digital, Committee Chair Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., reached out to King in response to her testimony at a June 10 hearing titled, “Breaking Trust: Attacks on Parental Rights, Inappropriate Content, and Legal Abuses in America’s Schools.””When asked by Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., at the June 10 hearing about CPS’ ‘socially transitioning…

Editor’s note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter.The soldier wakes at 6 a.m. after getting only three or four hours of sleep.He showers, shaves and puts on his uniform by 7 a.m., even as his head pounds from a traumatic brain injury. Sometimes, while walking to a mandatory daily roll call, the piece of shrapnel still lodged in his back catches on his shirt.He’s not in the barracks. He is recovering at the Soldier Recovery Unit at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.“It’s…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America, a move that came amid a trade war with Canada.  “This is a lake that has most of its volume in the United States,” Trump said in the Oval Office. “The deepest parts of the lake sit in United States territory. So, this will reflect that. This is American Lake.”This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.  Read the full article here

The Navy announced financial incentives to keep specialized senior officers in the service that can pay up to $100,000.Chief warrant officers with 7151 and 7171 designators, otherwise known as SEALs and crewmen aboard special warfare combatant-craft, with between four and 16 years of commissioned service are encouraged to apply for the bonus.“CWOs will receive the bonus in a lump sum payment, effective from the date of contract execution,” a Navy administrative message said.Eligibility for bonuses began several weeks ago on Aug. 7. Senior service members will have to submit a personal letter requesting a retention bonus contract, along with a…

Good Luck to us All As the Pax Americana recedes, the international system will revert to a harsh, Darwinian reality. I can’t shake the feeling that the world is headed to a consolidation of power, or to an era of the dissolvement of dysfunctional nation-states into small independent ethnic areas. Over the next three decades, as many as 30 to 80 nation-states risk losing functional sovereignty, economic independence, or territorial integrity. The shift is being accelerated by the democratization of precision strike warfare, autonomous robotics, and low-cost drone swarms that render traditional, legacy security guarantees obsolete. When multi-million-dollar interceptors are…

For anyone trying to increase their self-reliance, learning to bake bread is often one of the first goals. Bread making isn’t difficult and it’s a great way to save money. It’s also a great survival skill. It doesn’t have to stop there, though. If you want to take this skill a step further, you should learn how to bake bread without a traditional kitchen oven. Whether your power is out, your oven is broken, you’re moving off the grid, you’re going camping, or you’re in a survival situation, being able to bake bread without relying on your oven is a…