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China is reportedly developing a new stealth cruise missile sized to fit inside the internal weapons bays of its J-20 and J-35 stealth fighters, according to technical design documents released in Weibo. The missile’s design specifications set its length at under 4 meters and diameter under 0.85 meters — dimensions that are almost certainly driven […]

Contracts AIR FORCE Marvin Engineering Co., Inglewood, California, has been awarded a $138,217,405 firm-fixed-price requirements contract for guided missile launchers and associated power supplies. This contract provides for components for fighter aircraft that carry and release Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles for Foreign Military Sales partners. Work will be performed at Inglewood, California, and is expected to be completed by April 30, 2036. This contract involves foreign military sales. This contract was a sole source acquisition. No funds are being obligated at time of award. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, is the contracting…

Tai Tuivasa hit rock bottom on Saturday night at UFC Perth, and he’s making sure everyone knows he won’t stay there. The Australian heavyweight suffered his seventh consecutive defeat against Louie Sutherland in a unanimous decision loss, a result that sent him back to the drawing board in a post-fight statement that was equal parts rage and resolve. Sutherland, stepping in on short notice, controlled most of the fight through takedowns and ground control. Tuivasa spent significant portions of the 15-minute bout on his back, unable to generate the offense needed to impress the judges. Things got worse when he…

Amazon has announced the launch of Amazon Supply Chain Services (ASCS), which extends its internal logistics operations initially limited to its own retail business to companies of all types.According to a May 4 release, ASCS includes Amazon’s full slate of freight, distribution, fulfillment and parcel shipping services, now supporting third-party logistics for healthcare, automotive, manufacturing and retail businesses. That includes the company’s 80,000-plus trailers, 24,000 intermodal containers, 100 aircraft, and 200 U.S.-based fulfillment centers. “With the launch of ASCS, we’re confident we can give any other business access to the same cost efficiency, reliability, and speed that we’ve built for Amazon…

A new global fitness competition is coming to the UK for the first time. XENOM, the Decathlon of Fitness™, is a two-day stadium-scale competition consisting of 10-events that tests, standardizes and scores total human performance. Using a universal points-based scoring system, it creates the first repeatable global benchmark in functional and hybrid fitness.   XENOM will host its first London event at Olympia on 29-30 August, following its inaugural US competition at The Dallas Cowboys Training Facility this June.  Unlike single-discipline events, XENOM uses a fixed 10-event structure designed to measure performance across multiple disciplines: strength, endurance and technical skill. All competitors,…

Terry Gerton You’ve been reporting on a story that started actually last July with the EPA declaration of dissent. Can you refresh us for a minute on what started this whole conversation? Kevin Bogardus So essentially last summer, a group of EPA employees, dozens of EPA employees got together and they signed a letter that essentially was an open dissent letter and was very critical to the Trump administration, especially of its treatment of science, as well as the staff at the agency. Stand Up for Science, a non-profit group had helped organize the letter, they’ve helped organize similar letters…

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The U.S. military said on Monday it destroyed six Iranian small boats and intercepted Iranian cruise missiles and drones fired by Tehran as the U.S. launched an operation to free up shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.U.S. Admiral Brad Cooper, the head of Central Command, declined to comment on whether he thought a ceasefire begun on April 8 remained in effect. But he acknowledged ongoing Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps efforts to “interfere” with President Donald Trump’s operation to open the critical waterway to commercial traffic.“The IRGC has launched multiple cruise missiles, drones, and small boats at ships we are protecting.…

Two West Virginia National Guard officers received military honors Monday for overpowering a gunman who shot two colleagues in Washington, D.C., last November.Army National Guard Maj. Ryan Reynolds and Air National Guard Maj. Edwin Stanfield received the Soldier’s Medal and Airman’s Medal, respectively. The awards are the highest given for heroism demonstrated in noncombat situations.Reynolds, Stanfield, Army Spec. Sarah Beckstrom and Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe were patrolling the nation’s capital the day before Thanksgiving last year when Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national, ambushed the service members with a stolen revolver.Beckstrom was killed and Wolfe severely wounded. Reynolds and…

Invincible Vs is now available worldwide. The base roster is made up of 18 characters with four more, including The Immortal and Universa, on the way as DLC. Of course, Rex Splode is one of the characters that made it to the base roster. No doubt, part of the reason behind his popularity is his unique personality. To better accentuate Rex’s brash quirks, the Invincible Vs developers are releasing the…