Day: September 24, 2021

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Space Force

Watchdog expects delays to Space Force’s next missile warning satellites | Defense News

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According to a recent Government Accountability Office report, the U.S. Space Force’s next generation missile warning constellation’s launch will likely be delayed beyond the original anticipated launch of 2025. The Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared constellation (OPIR) is being developed to eventually replace the Department of Defense’s main missile warning satellite program. The Next Gen OPIR will use a combination of infrared sensors in geostationary and elliptical orbits to detect missile launches from anywhere on Earth. The planned expenditure by Space Force on this program is $14.4b through 2025 

Source: https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/air-force-association/2021/09/22/watchdog-expects-delays-to-space-forces-next-missile-warning-satellites/ 

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Robots

Spot turns watchdog! Hyundai is using Boston Dynamics’ four-legged robot to patrol its motor plants in South Korea | Daily Mail

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After Hyundai purchased a controlling stake in Boston Dynamics this past June, they have begun deploying BD’s dog-esque robot, Spot, to monitor worker’s safety on the production floor. The Spots Hyundai will use are equipped with a thermal camera and LiDAR sensing technology that will enable them to recognize people, doors, and obstacles among other things. Hyundai has said it plans to advance its robotic capabilities to improve its production facilities in the future, including self-driving vehicles and Urban Air Mobility solutions like personal air vehicles. 

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10017699/Robots-Hyundai-using-Boston-Dynamics-Spot-patrol-motor-plants-South-Korea.html 

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Machine Learning

HUD rolls out AI risk management platform to fight fraud in grant spending | Federal News Network

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Argus, named for the Greek mythological monster who had 100 eyes, is the name of the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s new machine learning risk management program that aims to reduce time spent manually monitoring HUD’s program grantees by 75%. There has been an increase in requests since the start of COVID-19 and Argus’s developers hope the process for reviewing grants will be cut down from four months to one. Although cutting down on fraud and waste are huge concerns during the pandemic, more than a third of federal, state, and local entities have yet to implement any sort of technology in their anti-fraud programs. 

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/artificial-intelligence/2021/09/hud-rolls-out-ai-risk-management-platform-to-fight-fraud-in-grant-spending/ 

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Uncategorized

Army Cyber Command hosts summit on evolution of Information Advantage in Multi-Domain Operations | DVIDs

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During an Information Advantage (IA) Summit hosted by Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER) here Sept. 20-21, senior military and civilian leaders from across the Army, Department of Defense, multinational and interagency partner forces gathered to discuss ideas, efforts, and criteria for facilitating Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) in the information dimension (ID). All appropriate COVID-19 health protection and safety criteria were followed during the Summit, both live and electronically. 

Source: https://www.dvidshub.net/news/405716/army-cyber-command-hosts-summit-evolution-information-advantage-multi-domain-operations 

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Gaming

Is the current GPU market killing PC gaming? | Tech Radar

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Due to a perfect storm of silicon shortages, production challenges caused by Covid-19, competition from Ethereum crypto miners, and record demand, pricing, and availability of highly wanted graphics cards are expected to increase as we enter Q4 of 2021. The graphics card market has been particularly volatile in the previous 12 months, just over a year since Nvidia released the Ampere family of cards, which AMD followed up with the release of its own Radeon RX 6000 in October 2020. Despite the fact that conditions improved marginally in Q3 following a crypto market drop, prices are already soaring again, with an average premium of 70% over MSRP in Europe. 

Source: https://www.techradar.com/news/is-the-current-gpu-market-killing-pc-gaming