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USS Patrick Gallagher (DDG 127) made a scheduled stop in Portland. Credit: General Dynamics Bath Iron Works via Facebook. The future USS Patrick Gallagher (DDG 127), the US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, has left Bath Iron Works shipyard for the first time to start sea trials. General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW), the ship’s builder, said the destroyer departed down the Kennebec River on 27 April to begin a series of at-sea evaluations. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more Sea trials…

No man typifies this principle more than Steve Arneil. He was the second man to complete the grueling One Hundred Man Kumite Challenge, after the great Masutatsu (Mas) Oyama. Steve Arneil, the son of a steelworker, was born on 29 August 1934 in the mining city of Krugersdorp, South Africa. Arneil’s martial arts journey started when he aged twelve he began learning Judo from Allen Robinson, the son of famous judoka, Jack Robinson. The Arneil family had earlier moved to Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) where Arneil’s father worked as a smelter in a copper mine. Although Arneil dabbled a little…

It’s already been about a year since Mortal Kombat 1 stopped receiving new content development, and the picture of what is probably coming next is looking even more clear now. There was already some evidence pointing towards NetherRealm Studios actively working on Injustice 3 before, but a new apparent leak pointing even harder in that direction. As spotted by MP1st, an artist at Warner Bros. Games may have inadvertently confirmed…

The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps have extended the lifespan of the lead Wasp-class amphibious assault ship by five years and are considering doing the same for other vessels in the amphibious fleet.Expeditionary Warfare Director Brig. Gen. Lee Meyer told reporters Tuesday at Modern Day Marine exposition in Washington that the Navy lengthened the operability window of the USS Wasp following a study on Wasp-class amphibious assault ships.“The CNO approved the service life extension of the USS Wasp,” Meyer said. “He extended it by five years until 2034. The other LHDs, we’ve got to study to see if we can…

The Ajax programme was paused in 2021 due to injuries sustained by crews. Credit: UK MoD/Crown copyright Ajax trials to restart slowly with tightly controlled “crawl-walk-run” testing Problems blamed on multiple issues, not one root cause MoD sticks with Ajax due to sunk costs and delivered vehicles despite value and obsolescence concerns The 12-year-old Ajax armoured vehicle programme, yet to deliver a usable capability to the British Army, has been ordered to restart its trials programme at a crawl in order to shake off long-standing issues that have plagued the troubled platform. Testing was suspended on Ajax in late-2025 after…

NavGuide receiver. Credit: © BAE Systems. BAE Systems has started manufacturing and delivering its portable, field-installable NavGuide M-Code GPS receiver. The device offers secure positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) data for vehicles, handheld units, and sensors, according to the company. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more NavGuide is an upgrade to the Defence Advanced GPS Receiver (DAGR), which BAE Systems discontinued after more than two decades in service. The new receiver uses the M-Code GPS signal to improve resistance to jamming and spoofing,…

Applied Intuition UK demonstrated a tactical strike mission scenario powered by its autonomy software product in South Wales.

OMB said money that President Donald Trump tapped to pay TSA and other workers through executive actions will be exhausted by May. LISA MASCARO April 29, 2026 2:40 pm 3 min read WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is warning Congress that funding to pay Department of Homeland Security personnel will “soon run out,” sparking new threats of airport disruptions and national security concerns as the House slow-walks legislation to end what has been the longest-ever lapse in agency funding. In a memo late Tuesday to lawmakers, the Office of Management and Budget said money that President Donald Trump tapped…

Anthropic presents itself as a company that takes the risks of artificial intelligence seriously, but its record does not support that claim. The company occupies a position of fundamental ethical contradiction: its CEO has publicly and specifically predicted that AI will eliminate half of all entry-level white-collar jobs, drive unemployment to 20 percent, and cause an “unusually painful” shock to society, yet Anthropic continues to build, deploy, and profit from the technology responsible for that harm at maximum commercial speed. At the same time, when the Department of War demanded unrestricted use of that same technology for autonomous weapons and…

UNRWA 29 Apr 2026 All information updated for 15 – 21 April 2026 [1] Days 920 – 926 since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip Highlights The Gaza Strip Israeli forces’ activities reportedly escalated, including trench digging and earth mounds, restricting vehicle movement and limiting crossing between the Israeli-militarised zone marked by the so-called “Yellow Line” and other parts of the Gaza Strip. Airstrikes, shelling, and gunfire continue across residential areas, reportedly resulting in civilian casualties and damage to critical facilities. There are continued reports of environmental hazards, including pests and rodents, affecting residential areas across…