A company working with the Marine Corps recently completed its first autonomous test flight of a helicopter as part of a Marine logistics program.Near Earth Autonomy completed the test flight using a Leonardo AW139 helicopter under the Marine Corps Aerial Logistics Connector program, according to Defence Blog.The May flight was the first time the company used its onboard autonomy stack to control the flight, company officials told Defence Blog.“This flight showcases Near Earth Autonomy’s leadership in developing trusted autonomy for real-world operations,” said Dr. Sanjiv Singh, CEO of Near Earth Autonomy. “By directly controlling the AW139’s flight modes with our…

Sign up for The Gear Shakedown Hands-on gear tests for hardcore adventurers. “Oh, I have some thoughts about rooftop tents,” my neighbor Kris told me, when I mentioned I was testing the iKamper Skycamp DLX Mini. He didn’t elaborate, but his tone had said enough: Rooftop tents are some bourgeois thing, not the kind of gear real people use. This mirrored my own thinking. I could guess at the appeal if you are actually overlanding, but they always look like overkill at campgrounds and dispersed sites. Since I prefer to head into the backcountry on foot, I didn’t see the…

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In 1917, an Army review board rescinded the Medal of Honor that had been awarded to Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, an Army surgeon and former prisoner of war, more than half a century earlier. Walker refused to send the medal back, wearing it proudly for the remaining two years of her life. So her family has a sense of how she’d respond to President Donald Trump’s June 10 announcement that nine Army bases renamed in 2023 — including one honoring her — would revert to their original names, initially given to commemorate Confederate Civil War generals. Of the nine bases…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics This story, “Living End for Bluegills,” appeared in the July 1965 issue of Outdoor Life. WE KNEW THAT in the lake there were bluegills the size of pie plates. They had spawned six weeks ago, and at that time we had quickly put limits on our stringers when we fished for them in the reedy shallows. But now, in late July, it was hot in northern Michigan, and we knew the fish had scattered over the lake bottom and were deep and in groups. But where?…

Soldiers with the 10th Mountain Division recently tested a new machine gun optic for the Mk 19 40mm grenade launcher.The new XM152 Mounted Machine Gun Optic, tested in early June, enhances engagement capabilities in two ways, the Army said. First it offers a wide field-of-view holographic reticle for rapid, close-range target acquisition, and second, adds a three-times magnifier to extend the effective range and improve accuracy, according to an Army release.The 10th Mountain soldiers received instruction from the Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, or TACOM, before testing it on the range.Spc. Ryan Loggins, an ammunition control specialist with 10th Mountain…

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This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog.  Events are moving so rapidly in the Middle East now that it is almost impossible to keep up with it all.  We are literally watching history in the making, and our world is going to be a much different place once this is all over.  There are some allies of President Trump that are absolutely thrilled with what is happening, and there are other allies of President Trump that are absolutely horrified.  But nobody should be surprised by what is happening, because we knew that this was coming.…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Inside President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” are policy tweaks that would remove taxes and regulations on certain guns, but Senate Democrats aim to gut the changes from the bill.Tucked into the Senate Finance Committee’s offering to the mammoth bill, which was unveiled earlier this week, are policy changes that would delist short-barrel rifles, shotguns and suppressors from the National Firearms Act (NFA).That means those particular guns and accessories would no longer be subject to a $200 federal tax and would no longer need to be registered with the Bureau of Alcohol,…

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