Month: January 2021

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Robots

The Marine Corps Just Got Its First Live-Fire Range Designed for Robotic Targets | Military.com

Range Golf-36 aboard Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, is now dubbed as the “range of the future.” Designed for company-size live-fire exercises and explicitly intended to incorporate lifelike robotic targets, the range also features targets in areas obstructed by terrain features such as trees and grass tufts, designed to be destroyed by rockets. The high efficiency range is expected to become the final event in 2nd Marine Division’s Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation, for soon-to-deploy troops. 

Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/12/14/marine-corps-just-got-its-first-live-fire-range-designed-robotic-targets.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2012.15.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

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Artificial Intelligence

AF Taps ‘Flying Car’ Firms For ‘Prime’ Investment; Expands Program | Breaking Defense

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Space is the place come 2021. The Space Prime effort could support game-changing “space transport and logistics” capabilities. Modeled after the erstwhile high-profile Agility Prime project, the program now takes lead for the commercial use of ‘flying cars’ or electronic vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles. Moving on to the not-to-distant future, it looks like the Air Force is gearing up new initiatives to harvest cutting-edge commercial tech, with an effort to kick open new markets for next-generation space systems. 

Source: https://breakingdefense.com/2020/12/af-taps-flying-car-firms-for-prime-investment-expands-program/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2012.15.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

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Cyber Security

Reported Russian hack of US systems has implications for DoD network security plans | C4ISRNET

Following the SolarWinds breach, the Department of Defense needs to be on red alert. Establishing the goal of the intrusion as purely espionage, the access could have also been easily used for disruption. An attack that could be strategically timed with a significant event that can cripple the DoD’s ability to send emails or other functions. A far too significant handicap that affords hackers the opportunity to learn about more about the decisions made within the U.S. government and what is important to leaders.

Source: https://www.c4isrnet.com/cyber/2020/12/14/reported-russian-hack-of-us-systems-has-implications-for-dod-network-security-plans/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2012.15.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

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Information Warfare

Split Up NSA and CYBERCOM | Defense One

Will splitting up the National Security Agency (NSA) and U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM), two agencies that enjoy a very close relationship, help address the long running threat of digital espionage? How does this affect the “shared” leadership, resources and information of the NSA and CYBERCOM? Read more about this opinion on how such a split could allow a fully focused leadership on both organization’s attention on training, equipping, and organizing military forces, conduct the full spectrum of operations to support national security priorities.

Source: https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2020/12/split-nsa-and-cybercom/171033/

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Information Warfare

NGA launches new tech accelerator in St. Louis | C4ISRNET

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St. Louis is where the National Geospatial-Intelligence (NGA) is building a new state-of-the-art facility to house agency’s accelerator program. With geospatial-intelligence as a rapidly growing industry, the accelerator program will be the epicenter for next-generation technologies with focus areas on advanced analytics and modeling, data integrity and security, data management and artificial intelligence. The NGA accelerator program is a first of its kind in the U.S. intelligence community. 

Source: https://www.c4isrnet.com/intel-geoint/2020/12/25/nga-launches-new-tech-accelerator-in-st-louis/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2012.28.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief