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Watch the entire discussion here. Federal agencies are facing higher expectations from the public when it comes to the benefits and services they provide. Evan Davis, executive managing director for strategic growth at Maximus, says meeting those expectations requires agencies to rethink their approach to customer experience. “The future of service delivery, of interacting with constituents — that future is going to be cheaper, and it’s going to be faster and easier to understand, and it’s going to be a lot more predictive,” Davis said. Moving toward predictive services Predictive services can reduce the burden on customers. That’s especially true,…

Anatoly Malykhin reached the top of the ONE Championship mountain once again but is hanging up the gloves after earning a redemptive win over a prior opponent. Malykhin ran things back to Reug Reug, and this time out, the former was able to halt the latter inside the distance. A fourth round striking-based stoppage saw Malykhin claim the heavyweight crown inside the ONE Circle once more. The Russian combatant added this belt to his collection to once again ascend to three -division champ status, with Malykhin also holding the promotion’s light heavyweight as well as middleweight belts. ‘Sladkiy’ also netted…

As the Iran war closes out its 11th week, the threats to businesses no longer are theoretical — especially for plastics sectors, including packaging. Higher plastic prices and supply struggles are evident, and experts warn the situation is on the verge of worsening barring a prompt conflict resolution. Regardless of when the war ends, the current impacts to the plastic packaging industry are expected to linger at least for the remainder of the year. Commodity intelligence service ICIS has reported since March that the Iran war is contributing to a spike in plastic prices, notably for polyethylene and polypropylene. Prior…

There’s a strange moment happening in modern warfare right now. Fighter jets that cost hundreds of millions of dollars are suddenly sharing the spotlight with aircraft that look, at first glance, almost too small, too lean, too quiet to matter.And yet, the Bayraktar TB3 has military planners across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia paying very close attention.Why? Because this isn’t just another drone.The Baykar Bayraktar TB3 represents something bigger: the shift from traditional naval aviation toward a future where unmanned combat aircraft launch from short-deck ships, stay airborne for over a day, strike targets with precision munitions, then land…

Why this matters now Adult social care is under intense pressure due to the rising complexity of needs, workforce shortages, financial constraints and public expectations for better-integrated preventative care. Government efforts to reform social care are placing renewed focus on the potential of tech-enabled care (e.g. the Adult Social Care Technology Fund [ASCTF] and the Casey Commission on Adult Social Care). There is growing interest in the use of home sensor technologies for proactive care (prevention or early intervention in health or care needs). These technologies have the potential to support independent living and improved quality of life. They could…

News May 14, 2026 Lisa Daigle Assistant Managing Editor Military Embedded Systems BOSTON, Mass. The Open Group — a global consortium that enables the achievement of business objectives through technology standards — announced the publication of the SOSA Business Guide, Version 2.0.  According to the announcement from the consortium, the updated version of the SOSA Business Guide serves as a reference for both government and industry to better understand the benefits of using the Sensor Open Systems Architecture, or SOSA, approach.  The SOSA approach is a collaborative initiative by The Open Group that creates and promulgates modular, open technical standards for military and commercial sensor systems…

Munich, 14 May, 2026 – The British Army will receive the world’s most advanced artillery system, the RCH 155 wheeled howitzer. KNDS will deliver a total of 72 RCH 155 wheeled howitzers to the British Army. “The United Kingdom is definitely one of our most important BOXER customers and is also a significant location for manufacturing the systems. Scaling up KNDS’s production capacity in the UK plays a crucial role in equipping all our BOXER customers and thus Europe’s defence capabilities,” said Florian Hohenwarter, CEO of KNDS Deutschland. KNDS has signed a corresponding contract with ARTEC (OEM of the BOXER…

Galvion, a world leader in the design and manufacture of innovative head systems, power and data management solutions, and integrated soldier systems, will showcase the continued evolution of its CORTEX™ architecture at SOF Week 2026 (Booth #1739, May 18–21), featuring the introduction of its CORTEX EVO™ system. First introduced at SOF Week 2025 as a new category of intelligent, headborne systems, CORTEX established a framework for integrating power, data and processing at the operator level. At SOF Week 2026, Galvion is extending that foundation with a more deeply integrated approach, bringing together multiple capability pathways within a single headborne architecture.…

Ukraine has reshaped the battlefield with cheap, expendable drones. South Korea reads the signals and wants to match the scale. North Korea has been reading the same signals through a more direct channel. Since late 2024, North Korea has rotated thousands of troops through Russia’s war in Ukraine, alongside what is currently the world’s most combat tested drone force — tied with Ukraine’s, of course. Ukrainian defense intelligence reports that some of those troops have begun returning home and moving into instructor roles within the North Korean military.What exactly they are bringing back is harder to pin down from the…

PFL Africa is looking to the future, and Elias Schulze believes the league has already found one of its most important markets. In a wide-ranging interview, the PFL Africa General Manager said Rwanda gave the promotion a clear lesson in how to introduce MMA to a new audience while keeping the standards at a global level. The first PFL Africa semifinals were later confirmed for Kigali’s BK Arena, with James Opio, Nkosi Ndebele and other regional names on the card, placing Rwanda at the heart of the league’s 2025 path. PFL Africa’s Future Schulze said the Rwanda project worked because…