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Renk’s HSWL 256 transmissions. Credit: RENK Group via LinkedIn. Renk Group has recorded its highest ever order intake for an opening quarter, reporting €582.3m ($680.9) in the first quarter of fiscal 2026 (Q1 FY26), up from €548.6m in the corresponding period last year.   The company’s order backlog now stands at €6.9bn, also a new peak.  Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more During the first three quarter of the year, Renk’s revenue increased slightly by 4% year-on-year, reaching €283.6m compared to €272.6m in the previous year.   The company registered a book-to-bill ratio…

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Iran Press TV Wednesday, 06 May 2026 12:02 AM US President Donald Trump says he is “pausing” his so-called “Project Freedom,” a new interventionist military adventure with the self-described aim of reopening the Strait of Hormuz, amid strict controls being exercised over the waterway by Iran. Trump made the announcement in a post on his Truth Social platform on Wednesday, just one day after declaring initiation of the project. Framed as a “humanitarian” effort to free stranded merchant ships, the project was supposed to see the US “guide” commercial ships out of the strait. Reacting to news about the project,…

Following its successes with reconnaissance and armed unmanned platforms Baykar, the Turkish leader in the UAV field and one of the world key payer launched at Saha Expo exhibited in public for the first time its three latest developments, all three belonging to the loitering munitions category click on image to enlarge The K2 kamikaze UAV was visible in real size in the outdoor display. With a 10 metres wingspan, the K2 is 5.1 metres long and can carry a payload up to 200 kg. The airframe features a canard configuration and does not feature any vertical aerodynamic surface at…

“Multi-Domain Operations is NATO’s strategic priority, a game changer for our strategic advantage. We’re transitioning from joint to multi-domain with a bold vision captured in a ground-breaking concept. NATO Allied Command Transformation is leading the team, ensuring our future fight depends on this vital work.” So stated General Philippe Lavigne in October 2023, while serving as the supreme allied commander transformation, at the annual NATO Multi-Domain Operations Conference. The speech came a few months after NATO’s first official operational concept on multidomain operations (MDO) had been published. The concept presents itself as an evolution to military operations that responds to…

With natural gas price increases of over 25 percent and a global recession on the table, now is the time to diversify domestic energy resources like geothermal and geologic hydrogen to ensure American energy security. For decades, US energy strategy has focused on what can be readily deployed—oil, natural gas, coal, wind, and solar—with relative ease across a large, interconnected grid. Yet recent conflicts in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, along with rising trade tensions with China regarding critical minerals and other key inputs underscore a hard truth: Reliance on centralized grids exposes military installations and critical infrastructure to risks from adversary targeting, cyberattacks, natural disasters,…

Khamzat Chimaev is breaking one of MMA’s unwritten rules just days away from his title fight with Sean Strickland at UFC 328.On Tuesday, the middleweight champion released a short clip of a past sparring session with Strickland, the man who challenges him for the 185-pound belt in Saturday’s main event at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Chimaev and Strickland have offered differing accounts of their time training together, with Strickland claiming he made Chimaev “quit” and Chimaev reminding Strickland that he just dominated Dricus du Plessis, the former champion who holds two wins over Strickland.Watch the unseen Chimaev-Strickland footage below.“I…

You don’t usually see the weapon that saves the ship.That’s the strange thing about the RIM-116 RAM, it exists for the split-second when everything else has already failed. Picture a modern warship slicing through open water. Radar is humming, systems layered like an onion. And then, somewhere beyond the horizon, a sea-skimming missile appears. Fast. Low. Angry.This is where the Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) steps in.The RIM-116 RAM isn’t built for long-range duels or dramatic launches seen in movies. It’s a last-ditch shield, a compact, brutally efficient system designed to intercept incoming threats when they’re already uncomfortably close. Think of…

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 Anticipating significant demand in the coming years for reconnaissance and surveillance satellites, the Space Force is increasing the ceiling value of its recently awarded Andromeda contract from $1.8 billion to more than $6.2 billion.  The service announced the initial Andromeda awards in early April, choosing 14 companies to compete to build reconnaissance satellites under a program called RG-XX. In a May 4 notice, it indicated that an urgent need for more…

Sean Strickland took time out from his UFC 328 prep to call out Josh Hokit’s act in the Octagon. He spoke up during a media scrum this week. The former middleweight champ knows Hokit from training sessions. Josh Hokit sits at 28 years old. He won a decision against Curtis Blaydes at UFC 327. That fight put him on the map in heavyweight. Fans spot him for wild pressers and street clips. He dressed as a Mexican gangster at one media day. Some call it cringe. Others say it packs arenas. Hokit even got a note from matchmaker Mick Maynard…