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Rendition of Indian Navy’s Next Generation Missile Vessel. Credit: Cochin Shipyard Limited. India has ordered 18 large Kamewa waterjets from Kongsberg Maritime for the Indian Navy’s Next Generation Missile Vessel (NGMV) programme.   These waterjets will be integrated into six new missile vessels under construction at Cochin Shipyard, as part of a contract awarded in March 2023.   Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more Delivery of the equipment will be in line with the shipbuilding schedule, with induction of the vessels into the Navy expected from 2027 onwards.  For…

Jiri Prochazka and Carlos Ulberg are ready to bring order to the light heavyweight division.The top contenders are set to collide in Saturday’s UFC 327 main event in Miami with a vacant 205-pound belt on the line, and the bout became official Friday morning as both men successfully made weight, with Prochazka coming in at 203 pounds and Ulberg at 204.Incumbent champion Alex Pereira was in his second reign with the light heavyweight title when he relinquished it ahead of a move up to the heavyweight division. He fights Ciryl Gane for an interim title in the co-main event of…

The Secret Service is seeking funding to add hundreds of special agents, uniformed division officers and technical law enforcement specialists to its ranks. Justin Doubleday@jdoubledayWFED April 9, 2026 6:27 pm 3 min read The Secret Service wants to add hundreds of special agents, technical specialists and other law enforcement positions under the 2027 budget, as part of the agency’s multiyear recruiting effort. The Secret Service’s $3.5 billion budget request for fiscal 2027 would add 852 positions at the agency, including 520 special agent positions. Last year’s tax and reconciliation package also allocated an additional $1.2 billion to the Secret Service…

Aussie athlete Calypso Sheridan crossed the finish line in first place at the 2026 HYROX APAC Elite 15 Singles Race in Brisbane with a time of 01:00:33. This follows her victory in Taipei. The win has secured her a qualifying spot for the World Championships in Stockholm. Going into the race, Gabrielle Nikora-Baker and Jess Pettrow already qualified. But Sheridan was able to beat them both down under. Final Leaderboard Pos Name Time Gap 1Calypso Sheridan01:00:33– 2Gabrielle Nikora-Baker01:01:08+00:35 3Jess Pettrow01:02:00+01:26 4Anna Bramley01:03:16+02:42 5Connie Stevenson01:04:23+03:49 6Lara Saunders01:04:23+03:50 7Ivy Ozimek01:04:28+03:55 8Katie Brock01:05:20+04:47 9Mollie Fkiaras01:05:55+05:22 10Bree Garreffa01:06:02+05:29 11Alex Payne01:07:32+06:58 12Zoe Schilling01:07:34+07:01 13Aki Yoshida01:07:51+07:18…

By RFE/RL’s Radio Farda April 10, 2026 US President Donald Trump assailed Tehran for its plan for the crucial Strait of Hormuz, suggesting it was “dishonorable,” even as top US and Iranian officials were due to gather in Islamabad on April 10 for crucial peace talks. “Iran is doing a very poor job, dishonorable some would say, of allowing Oil to go through the Strait of Hormuz. That is not the agreement we have!” Trump wrote on Truth Social on April 9. “There are reports that Iran is charging fees to tankers going through the Hormuz Strait — They better…

A planned satellite constellation will be able to image any location on Earth every 15 minutes and take more detailed images, a novel capability that could reveal even the nimblest and stealthiest military maneuvers, its developer says.On Thursday, Vantor announced plans to enlarge its current fleet of 10 satellites “five-fold” with spacecraft that will produce images with 20cm resolution—better than its current 30- and 40cm imagery. The company also plans to add two dozen high-revisit/lower-res satellites. When the constellation is complete some time after 2029, Vantor officials said it will vault the company to the forefront of the space-imagery industry.“The…

News April 09, 2026 Dan Taylor Technology Editor Military Embedded Systems Stock image SAN DIEGO, California. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions won a $446.8 million Other Transaction Agreement from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command to support the Ground Management and Integration effort for the Resilient Missile Warning and Tracking program, the company announced in a statement. Under the agreement, Kratos will serve as prime contractor for work tied to ground infrastructure for missile warning and missile tracking satellites operating in Medium Earth Orbit, according to the statement. The company says the effort is intended to support management of…

Pictured is the Skyhammer munition employed to intercept slow-moving attack drones. Credit: Cambridge Aerospace. At the London Defence Conference today (10 April), the UK Defence Secretary announced plans to buy Skyhammer air defence units The air defence system – a type of interceptor – is built by the start-up Cambridge Aerospace, which will deliver systems from May, over the next six months Skyhammer destroys Shahed-style attack drones at a speed of 700km/h at a distance of 30km The UK Defence Secretary John Healey has opened the London Defence Conference today by announcing British and Gulf plans to procure Skyhammer air…

The U.S. Army has advanced at least two bidders in its rotary-wing pilot training overhaul, moving closer to outsourcing how it trains new pilots. Some aviators are hopeful about the change. Bell and M1 Support Services this week announced advancement in the Army’s Flight School Next program, an initiative that would shift key parts of rotary-wing pilot training — including aircraft maintenance and both academic and flight instruction — to a contractor-owned, contractor-operated schoolhouse. The change would also include a new training aircraft.Under the plan, contractors would provide a full training curriculum to produce 900 to 1,500 pilots annually, replacing…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ruled that the Defense Department is violating his earlier order to restore access to the Pentagon for reporters, a setback in the administration’s efforts to impede the work of journalists. U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman sided with The New York Times for the second time in a month. He had earlier said the Pentagon’s new credential policy violated journalists’ constitutional rights to free speech and due process. On Thursday, he said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s team had tried to evade his March 20 ruling by putting in new rules that expel all…