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Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org The Space Force has awarded 20 contracts worth up to $3.2 billion to 12 companies since last year to develop space-based interceptor capabilities, the service’s main acquisition arm announced April 24, providing new details on the firms involved and the scope of their work. The development of on-orbit missile interceptors is one of the bigger technical lifts of the Golden Dome program, an initiative announced by President Donald Trump last year…

Aljamain Sterling and Youssef Zalal are fighting for big stakes this weekend.On Saturday, the UFC returns to its stomping grounds, the META APEX, for UFC Vegas 116, headlined by a high-stakes featherweight matchup between former bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling and surging contender Youssef Zalal. Sterling wants a featherweight title shot, while Zalal wants to take his place in the pecking order, but who leaves Las Vegas with a win?Ahead of UFC Vegas 116, MMA Fighting’s Jed Meshew and Alexander K. Lee preview Saturday’s main event matchup between Sterling and Zalal, and discuss whether the winner can leapfrog Movsar Evloev for…

Today we compare our standard feder called the Fechterspiel, which means “assault of arms”, with a custom piece in gothic style. Both feature our standard 37.75 inch 6150 carbon steel feder blade with our iconic and elegant schilt design and leather covered hand carved ash wood grip. The custom feder features a writhed pommel based on an example in the Wallace Collection and a guard modified from our German Bastard Sword. Check out all of our training swords here. For questions about custom products you can drop us an email at aa@arms-n-armor.com and we can walk you through the options…

Jafel Filho wants to write his name in the UFC history books with the most unique submissions inside the octagon, and he has the opportunity to improve his resume when he faces off with Cody Durden in a catchweight bout at UFC Vegas 116. The Fight Night card takes place April 25 at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas.Charles Oliveira holds the all-time record for most submissions all-time in UFC at 17, forcing opponents to tap to eight different techniques — rear-naked choke, arm-triangle choke, guillotine choke, anaconda choke, triangle choke, calf slicer, armbar, and face crank. Filho is still…

L3Harris plan to use DoW’s investment to expand facilities and increase production of critical technologies. Credit: Ascannio/Shutterstock. L3Harris Technologies has finalised a $1bn investment from the Department of War (DoW) aimed at boosting its Missile Solutions (MSL) operations.   The funding will be used to expand and update manufacturing sites, advance research and development, and raise output of defence technologies regarded as key to national security.  Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more L3Harris and DoW initially signed letter of intent for the investment in January this year.  The arrangement involves the DoW acquiring a…

Japan is fielding new coastal defense missiles and actively developing new ones, including a hypersonic guided missile, in a push to increase its island defense capabilities amid rising regional tensions and a rapidly evolving security environment in the Indo-Pacific. This strategic shift marks a departure from Tokyo’s traditional “defensive-only” posture, as the Ministry of Defense accelerates the deployment of long-range standoff capabilities. By integrating a multi-layered network of Type 25 missiles, high-velocity glide vehicles (HVGVs), and hypersonic technology, Japan aims to create a credible “rapid counterstrike” deterrent. As the 2030ies deadline approaches, these advancements signal Japan’s commitment to securing its…

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently tied a ribbon around its UFC Vegas 116 weigh ins event (get full results and video here), with all 26 fighters coming in on (or under) weight. That includes featherweight headliners Aljamain Sterling and Youssef Zalal, as well as co-headlining attractions Norma Dumont and Joselyne Edwards. Following today’s scale-tipping festivities, all four fighters came face-to-face to make it official for this Sat. night (April 25) at Meta Apex in Las Vegas.Here’s the main event face off between Sterling and Zalal:As well as the co-headlining face off between Dumont and Edwards:Nothing left to do now except…

Senate Republicans approved a budget resolution early Thursday intended to speed the way for billions for immigration enforcement, sending the measure to the House, where GOP lawmakers in that chamber need to adopt it to unlock the reconciliation process.The 50-48 vote followed a marathon amendment voting session that Democrats used to highlight policy differences on cost-of-living issues and stalled federal emergency relief dollars for states.Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul were the two Republicans to vote against approving the measure. Sens. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and Mark Warner, D-Va., did not vote.Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said…

In this video, Jeff explains why these 8 exercises need to be relegated to the iron graveyard. He also offers his thoughts on 8 superior movements that can be substituted into your program for better results. The 8 Worst Exercises Upright Rows – Jeff doesn’t like them because they put the shoulders in internal rotation under load, increasing the risk of shoulder impingement. Chest Fly – He advises against them due to excessive stress on the anterior shoulder capsule, which can lead to unnecessary shoulder strain. Cuban Press – Jeff doesn’t recommend this because it provides little real benefit to…

Ubuntu 26.04 “Resolute Raccoon,” the latest LTS release from Canonical, arrives with GNOME 50, Linux kernel 7.0, and drops the Xorg option from Ubuntu Desktop while still running X11 applications through Xwayland. This release is based on kernel 7.0, uses GNOME 50, and comes with Firefox 150. These are a pleasingly round set of version numbers, but over Resolute’s support lifetime, its Firefox versions will keep climbing, and as interim releases follow, the LTS Enablement Stack will also make newer kernels available. (systemd 260 arrived a little too late, so Resolute comes with systemd 259.) As the newest LTS version,…