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Tye Ruotolo left Bangkok with his ONE Welterweight Submission Grappling World Title intact after a grinding third defense at ONE Fight Night 41: Sinsamut vs. Jarvis on Prime Video on Friday, March 13, inside Lumpinee Stadium. It was the toughest test of his title reign. The 23-year-old Californian opened the bout with a moment months in the making — a pro wrestling-style spear off the ropes that sent challenger Pawel Jaworski crashing to the mat. He had rehearsed the move with twin brother Kade before ever deploying it in competition. Polish IBJJF No-Gi World Champion Jaworski recovered and made life…

After a long and distinguished career of service to both his nation and his community, Lt. Col. Bryan Miller has retired from the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd Airlift Wing after nearly 30 years. A respected leader and accomplished musician, Miller’s career is a testament to the dedication of the Citizen-Airman. His retirement ceremony was held at the 182ndAirlift Wing in Peoria on March 7. Miller served as the Commander and Conductor of the 566th Air Force Band, also known as the Air National Guard Band of the Midwest. His leadership and musical talents were showcased during numerous stateside and…

Bikini Masters competitor Megan Ewoldsen proves that it’s possible to be a busy mom and still win bodybuilding trophies, but the inspirational fitness influencer has recently taken to Instagram to share six tips that she wished she’d known sooner, as relates to getting the most from her time in the gym. Fortunately, the bodybuilder has shared those hard-earned lessons, so that you can make gains with your own physique. Ewoldsen regularly sets fitness-based challenges for her 335,000+ IG followers, and says that going from beginner to advanced lifting is all about doing the basic training, “but with better awareness.” The…

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As part of our ‘What does good look like in modern procure-to-pay execution’ we turn to supplier management. Supplier management exposes the same design trade-off as earlier execution layers: platforms still treat suppliers as static records even when operational reality demands continuous signals. Suppliers are onboarded, validated, approved and then largely left alone until something breaks. Updates occur through periodic reviews, document refresh cycles or reactive remediation when payments fail or compliance issues surface.  This model worked when supplier ecosystems were smaller and more stable. It does not scale well in today’s operating reality.  Modern procure-to-pay (P2P) environments deal with thousands or tens of thousands of suppliers, many of which are used infrequently and operate across…

Product March 17, 2026 Doodle Labs photo MARINA del REY, Calif. Doodle Labs is introducing Sense EW, a new set of capabilities designed to help drone OEMs and operators assure mission-critical communications links in contested environments. According to the Doodle Labs announcement, the Sense EW tools are built on the company’s resilient radios and adaptive mesh software with the aim of strengthening connectivity when RF conditions degrade.   Sense EW advances Link Assurance through three key capabilities: Anti-Detect / Anti-Intercept Multiband coverage and specialized radio capabilities reduce the likelihood that communications links can be detected or intercepted. Anti-Jamming Resilience …

Joe Kent, one of the United States’ top counterterrorism officials, announced his immediate resignation on Tuesday, arguing that President Donald Trump had been led into an unnecessary war with Iran — in part by undue influence from Israel.In a letter addressed to the president and posted to social media, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center claimed that the Islamic Republic “posed no imminent threat to our nation.”“It is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby,” Kent said. Kent described what he characterized as a “misinformation campaign” driven by high-ranking Israeli…

Thailand, Bangkok, Rama IXAcross the Asia-Pacific, defense and intelligence (D&I) organizations are expanding their use of commercial space-based intelligence to support persistent monitoring, maritime domain awareness and regional security operations.As satellite constellations grow and analytics platforms mature, commercial Earth observation (EO) is no longer simply augmenting national capabilities—it is increasingly embedded within operational workflows. This shift raises an important question for planners and policymakers alike: what happens when a capability originally designed as supplemental access becomes a foundational layer of the intelligence architecture itself?For most of the commercial space era, EO was treated as access. Expanded coverage, adding surge capacity…

“The US Army Contracting Command – New Jersey (ACC-NJ), on behalf of Project Manager Soldier Lethality (PM SL), located at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ, is conducting a market survey for direct view optics and aiming lasers for use on shoulder fired weapon systems (i.e. rifles, carbines and automatic rifles) within the Close Combat Force.” That’s how the recent US Army RFI to industry for commercial off the shelf weapon enablers starts out. I’m going to dissect it a little bit. It’s for “rifles, carbines and automatic rifles within the Close Combat Force.” Considering the Army is currently replacing the M4 Carbines…

As I have learnt, observing Nepal’s elections, its dual-election system all but excludes “knock-out” victory. Typically, counting continues tediously for weeks. Party bosses sit cheek by jowl, quarrelling over paltry, disputed ballots.  The 5 March election was called after youth protests in September 2025 forced the resignation of  K. P. Sharma Oli. This year, the Gen Z vote brought seismic change. From e-day 5 March 2026, it was apparent that the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) under rapper-turned-politician, Balendra Shah, had broken the glass ceiling. The country’s allegedly corrupt political elite and entrenched power structures fell. Symbolically, Balendra himself trounced Oli…