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No ship entered or exited Iranian ports during the first 24 hours of a sweeping U.S. maritime blockade, in an operation involving more than 10,000 troops and over a dozen warships, U.S. Central Command said Tuesday.The move places U.S. forces at the center of a key global shipping route after President Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. Navy would blockade the Strait of Hormuz, a maritime corridor through which much of the world’s oil shipments flow. The blockade began Monday morning and applies to all vessels coming and going from Iranian ports, the command said on social media, adding…

Oleksandr Usyk and Rico Verhoeven have finally come face-to-face.Next month, Usyk defends his WBC heavyweight title against Verhoeven in a superfight that will take place in front of the ancient Pyramids of Giza. Usyk is undefeated in the squared circle and currently the top pound-for-pound fighter in boxing, while Verhoeven is widely regarded as one of the greatest kickboxers of all time and has not lost a fight in over a decade.It’s a crossover matchup that figures to be an enormous spectacle, and on Tuesday, the two champions faced off for the first time after their opening press conference, staring…

Throughout last week, the World Procurement Awards judges came together for a series of calls to help decide the winners of Procurement Leaders’ 2026 programme. We had powerful debates about the entries vying for the ultimate prize, with a genuine sense of pride in the function and a tangible admiration for the work being done. It was an energising and reaffirming experience. During the calls, however, it struck me that just a few days prior, many of those same individuals had attended a CPO Connect session on the Gulf crisis that allowed members to share their approaches and learnings as they continue to mitigate…

 R.A.D®, the brand known for delivering best-in-class performance footwear, has announced it will be the official footwear partner of the annual sporting competition, the ROGUE INVITATIONAL for its 2026 and 2027 events. R.A.D® will have a big presence at the three day CrossFit and strongman competition over the next two years, starting with this year’s event in Aberdeen, taking place on 23rd-25th October. As part of the partnership, R.A.D® and ROGUE, both brands which specialise in providing top-tier tools for athletes of all levels, from everyday competitors to world-stage elites, will be releasing a collaborative shoe in celebration of the event. This follows the release of…

News April 14, 2026 Dan Taylor Technology Editor Military Embedded Systems Image via Babcock LONDON, England. Babcock won a two-year extension to its Future Maritime Support Programme contract with the U.K. Ministry of Defence to continue fleet and infrastructure support for Royal Navy surface ships, the company announced in a statement. The extension keeps the existing scope of the contract in place, covering ship engineering delivery and management for Type 23 frigates, amphibious warfare ships, Sandown minehunters, and landing craft vessels, the statement reads. According to the company, the work will continue through facilities at Devonport and Rosyth, where teams…

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is coming later this year, and it seems alternate costumes are going to finally become more of a regular thing in Arc System Works fighting games. Marvel and ArcSys have now offered a better look at one of the special outfits players can get for Storm in Marvel Tokon. As we previously covered in our Marvel Tokon pre-order guide, the game’s Ultimate Edition comes packing five…

An artist’s impression of SSN-AUKUS. Credit: Crown copyright/UK Ministry of Defence. Rolls-Royce Submarines’ director for future programmes detailed the current and future stages of its reactor production for SSN AUKUS during UDT 2026 Seven reactors are currently being built in Derby besides the contractor’s completion of a critical design review for the power source Likewise, the company has doubled its manufacturing space to meet the “drumbeat” demand from the Australia and the UK Rolls-Royce has lately made efforts to extend and support the production of the nuclear propulsion capability powering the future nuclear-powered attack submarine, SSN AUKUS. The trilateral partnership…

14 apr 2026 – Fincantieri, through its Underwater Technology Hub, today delivered the multi-purpose support vessel “Tritone” to the Italian Navy at its Palermo shipyard. The vessel was designed to ensure maximum operational versatility, with specific reference to the underwater domain. The delivery ceremony was attended by Vice Admiral Vincenzo Montanaro, Italian Navy Logistic Command, Vice Admiral Cristiano Nervi NAVARM Director, and Gabriele Maria Cafaro, Executive Vice President Underwater Fincantieri. The extensive upgrade program undertaken on the “Tritone” at the Palermo shipyard has enhanced its operational capabilities and strengthened its integration with the Italian Navy’s national command system. The modular…

House Democrats on Monday suggested that the Office of Personnel Management has not been entirely forthcoming in responding to their oversight requests over the federal retirement backlog, which has ballooned during Trump’s second term to more than 50,000 pending cases.Last December, a group of House lawmakers led by Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Va., requested that the federal government’s dedicated HR agency provide information regarding delays within the federal retirement process impacting tens of thousands of former employees who left federal service last year. As of March 31, the retirement backlog sat at 55,681 pending cases, down from a peak of 65,237…

Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV) The US Marine Corps on 2 April 2026 awarded follow-on contracts to General Dynamics Land Systems and Textron Systems to move forward with the next Rapid Prototyping phase of their competing Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV) development. Each firm will prepare and delivery system variants for each of the variant configurations for the ARV-C4UAS (Command, Control, Communications, and Computers Unmanned Aerial System), ARV-30 (30mm Autocannon/Anti-armour), and ARV-LOG (Logistics) Pre-Production vehicles. These proto-types would be delivered in mid-2028 to support further test and evaluation toward supporting a production decision in late 2030. The ARV is to replace the…