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It’s always encouraging to hear about CPOs playing a clear and tangible role in helping to drive enterprise projects with deep strategic relevance. Late last year, as an example, Jacob Nielsen, CPO of Nestlé, shared during a Procurement Leaders CPO Connect calls how his €2bn savings programme was directly funding the company’s return to growth strategy. And we’ve heard many other great examples of procurement being a crucial part of the picture rather than playing the supporting role it might have done in the past. Last week provided another great example, this time from Simon Harnett, CPO of National Grid…

Terry Gerton There’ve been a couple of really big headlines in the federal workforce. Let’s dig into both of them and start with the Schedule Policy/Career executive order. People have been waiting for this. It finally happened. 8,000 positions moved onto that schedule. When you hear from federal workers who’ve just been reclassified, what are they telling you? What is this feeling like or what does it mean? John Hatton I think people are worried and anxious and not sure what it means. And we’re still not sure exactly what the administration plans to do with this, right? What this…

It’s hard to believe that it’s been over 15 years since Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 was released on February 15, 2011. Though Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite would be released years later on September 19, 2017, it features entirely different design philosophies. Many players don’t even consider Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite to be a true sequel to Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. Regardless, it’s been years since Capcom has done anything with Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. Seemingly…

By RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service June 15, 2026 Russia struck the UNESCO-protected Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Ukraine’s most important Orthodox monastery, during a massive overnight missile and drone barrage that killed at least nine people across the country, hours after US President Donald Trump spoke by phone with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin and said he wanted to help end the war. The strike set part of the historic monastery complex ablaze and injured at least 13 people at the site, while authorities reported widespread damage across Kyiv following one of the largest Russian aerial attacks of the war. According to the Ukrainian Air…

For years, Hungary has been a surprising front in the global battle between authoritarianism and democracy. It attracted outsize attention for a small, landlocked country because its longtime prime minister, Viktor Orban, provided a model of how a populist leader could transform a democracy into an electoral autocracy while enriching his backers and family members. Orban also offered a blueprint for how a government could remain a member of Western institutions such as the European Union and NATO yet still cultivate ties with the West’s strategic rivals such as Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Orban became…

Credit: Lance Cpl. Anthony J. BrosilowDefense Feeds, Brasília – The Brazil FIM-92K Stinger missile sale marks a significant step in the country’s efforts to strengthen its low-altitude air defense capabilities amid the growing threat posed by drones, helicopters and other airborne targets.Approved by the United States government, the proposed acquisition would provide Brazil with one of the world’s most widely used man-portable air defense systems, improving the Brazilian Armed Forces’ ability to protect critical military assets and strategic infrastructure.The potential sale includes FIM-92K Stinger Block I missiles, associated support equipment and training packages. The acquisition is expected to enhance Brazil’s…

Charai for the Jerusalem Strategic Tribune: Trump’s Iran Deal: A Strategic Opening – Atlantic Council In the News June 15, 2026 • 8:53am ET By Atlantic Council Print this page Share this page ERROR MESSAGE HEADING ERROR MESSAGE SUBHEADING ERROR MESSAGE CONTENT ERROR MESSAGE INFO Oops… It looks like we’re having a technical issue. If refreshing the page doesn’t resolve the issue you could try clearing the sites browser cache. Pro Tip: If you’re on a laptop or desktop you can flush everything the browser currently has cached for the site by simply holding down the Shift key…

At Eurosatory 2026, counter-drone warfare is entering a new phase. Three French players – Lacroix, Bertin Technologies and MC2 Technologies – are presenting for the first time S-KAPS Counter Drone, a soft-kill protection system designed for armoured vehicles, optimised for drone threats and loitering munitions in contemporary operational theatres Designed as an open, incremental and integrable architecture for any type of platform, S-KAPS Counter Drone combines multi-layer detection, real-time analysis and semi-automated deployment of Galix countermeasures to improve crew survivability in the most contested environments. This industrial cooperation is part of the response to a drone threat that has become…

Just after midnight on Monday, July 30, 1945, the first Japanese torpedo slammed into the USS Indianapolis’s starboard bow. Then another. Within 12 minutes, the heavy cruiser sank — taking hundreds of its crew with it. Only 316 men of the original 1,195 were alive, making the sinking the greatest loss of life at sea in American military history. Among those 316 sailors was Seaman Second Class Harold Bray, who today is the last living survivor of that wartime catastrophe.On June 13, Bray’s 99th birthday, the Benicia Community Foundation, in partnership with the City of Benicia, California, honored the former…

During Eurosatory 2026, the companies MAC JEE and SOFRAME will officially unveil the DORCUS vehicle (Deployable Off-Road Combat Unit System system, a new armored fire-support solution designed to meet the operational requirements of modern warfare and high-intensity conflicts. The system will be showcased:  At the SOFRAME outdoor pavilion – PE6A-B211 The result of a strategic French-Brazilian industrial cooperation, the DORCUS combines SOFRAME’s expertise in armored vehicle platforms with MAC JEE’s capabilities in weapon systems and guided and unguided rocket solutions. This innovative platform integrates a retractable multiple rocket launcher system providing enhanced discretion, mobility, rapid deployment capability, and high firepower…