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A coalition of federal unions is suing the Federal Labor Relations Authority over plans to involve politically appointed board members in all labor representation decisions — a change the unions warn will politicize a process that has been working effectively for decades. The new lawsuit from eight unions, collectively representing more than 1 million federal employees, alleges multiple violations of the Administrative Procedure Act. The plaintiffs argue that FLRA’s March 24 interim final rule violated the law by circumventing a required notice-and-comment period, despite the rule constituting a substantive change. Starting April 23, FLRA’s interim final rule is expected to…

News April 17, 2026 Dan Taylor Technology Editor Military Embedded Systems U.S. Navy photo NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. U.S. Navy leaders are set to discuss readiness, modernization, and warfighting integration during a keynote panel at Sea-Air-Space 2026, scheduled for April 20, the event organizers announced in a statement. The session, titled “Forging the Fight: TYCOM Leadership in Readiness, Modernization, and Warfighting Integration,” will examine how the Navy’s Type Commanders are implementing the Chief of Naval Operations’ “Foundry, Fleet, Fight” framework to generate and sustain combat-ready forces, the statement reads. The panel will be led by the Vice Chief of Naval Operations…

USSOCOM Announces 2026 Athletes for Warrior Games We’re proud to officially announce the 2026 Team SOCOM athletes who will represent United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) at the this year’s Warrior Games ! These incredible warriors embody resilience, dedication, and the unbreakable spirit of our community. Through their commitment to recovery and excellence, they continue to inspire us all. Join us in congratulating them as they continue to train hard for San Antonio! ? Let’s Go Team SOCOM!! This entry was posted on Sunday, April 19th, 2026 at 10:00 and is filed under Guest Post, SOF, Warrior Athlete. You can…

In March 2026, the trial of former leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China—the group long responsible for commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown—reopened a fraught debate over history, memory, and law. Under the city’s National Security Law, the Alliance’s decades-long advocacy is now deemed subversive, and in court, the judge controversially claimed that the events of June 4, 1989, do not constitute a “massacre.” This legal framing exemplifies how judicial discourse is employed to reshape collective remembrance, rendering politically sensitive commemoration a potential threat to the authoritarian control of the Chinese state.…

<p><strong>Update</strong>: This story has been updated with day 1 results.</p> <p>The Dragon Ball FighterZ Masters Showdown is a special invitational tournament taking place at the Dragon Ball Battle Hour in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.</p> <p>Players participating are DFM|Go1, FLY|SonicFox, GM|Wawa, M80|Hikari, Wade, Solary|Yasha and Gropis. They will also be joined by one more player to be decided at the event itself.</p>

Real American Freestyle returns to the mat on April 18 for a stacked RAF 8 card headlined by the return of UFC lightweight contender Arman Tsarukyan. Originally, a clash between Henry Cejudo and Merab Dvalishvili was set to headline the highly anticipated event at Temple’s Liacouras Center in Philadelphia. Unfortunately, ‘Triple C’ suffered a late injury, forcing him to bow out of the contest. Instead of seeking a replacement for Dvalishvili, RAF opted to postpone the contest, pushing Tsarukyan’s battle with Urijah Faber into the main event spotlight. RAF 8 Results and Highlights: Arman Tsarukyan def. Urijah Faber via tech…

In an interview with Naval News, Vice President for naval programs at Thales Defense & Security Inc. RADM Tony Lengerich (Ret.) and Vice President for strategy at Advanced Acoustic Concepts (ACC) Mark Bock, gave insights into the CAPTAS-4 Variable Depth Sonar (VDS) systems once destined for the now cancelled Constellation-class of frigates. Ethan Grossrow story, additional reporting by Xavier Vavasseur Presently, the first two CAPTAS-4 VDS systems have already been completely manufactured and assembled (with Naval News previously covering the sonar at Sea, Air, Space 2025), and are likely still destined to eventually be fitted to first two frigates, USS…

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Army officials have shared new details about plans to launch extremely long-range drones from the service’s forthcoming ME-11B High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES) surveillance and reconnaissance planes. With ranges of around 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) or more, the uncrewed aerial systems will help keep the Bombardier Global 6500 bizjet-based ME-11Bs as far away from enemy air defenses as possible. In this way, the Army expects to gain a penetrating aerial intelligence-gathering capability without the need for a very stealthy or…

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) announced today that Teledyne FLIR Defense has been awarded a contract worth more than $35 million by WB Electronics S.A. (part of the WB Group) to equip reconnaissance vehicles with TacFLIR® 280-HDEP medium range multi-spectral surveillance systems. Designed for a wide range of land missions, TacFLIR 280-HDEP delivers best-in-class daylight and thermal imagery, along with powerful video processing and Aided Target Recognition (AiTR) capability. The advanced sensor system has been field-tested in Europe for nearly a decade, proving its effectiveness and reliability in harsh environments. “The integration of TacFLIR 280-HDEP into the reconnaissance vehicles is a…

Mike Malott ended the long career of Gilbert Burns, stopping the former welterweight title challenger with strikes in the third round of the UFC Winnipeg main event. It’s the signature win that Malott has been looking for, but will it be enough to make him a legitimate contender at 170 pounds?Following UFC Winnipeg, MMA Fighting’s Jed Meshew and Alexander K. Lee react to Malott’s “Proper” entrance into the welterweight rankings and where he goes from here. Additionally, Meshew and Lee discuss Burn’s career and retirement, the rest of the UFC Winnipeg action, RAF 8, Arman Tsarukyan going wild again, and…