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How To Build a Successful Space Force?

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The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act released Monday night by a House-Senate conference committee authorizes the creation of a U.S. Space Force, the first new service created since 1947.

positions will benefit both from a depth of experience and from maintaining currency in space science, technology and engineering. So a Space Force might want to eliminate up-or-out rules ... alternative types of acquisitions such as large volume, single-mission small satellites or commercial off-the-shelf products and services. Doing acquisition differently will require process ... to stabilize and flourish. To implement these new processes and requirements, Space Force acquisition will need what the business world calls “organizational ambidexterity.” It will need to be able

The AUKUS Submarine Agreement

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President Biden announced the creation of a new trilateral defense partnership to develop a nuclear-powered submarine fleet for Australia between the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom, called AUKUS.

is to develop a nuclear-powered submarine fleet for Australia through the sharing of U.S. technology. While not specifically called out by name during the announcement, China’s increasing military power ... in Europe and in the Indo-Pacific. By agreeing to build a new nuclear-fueled submarine fleet with U.S. technology, Australia abruptly ended its 2016 contract worth at least $66 million for a French majority state-owned company to build conventional diesel-electric submarines. This deal with France had been lauded as Australia’s biggest and most complex defense acquisition at the time, but had

To Bootstrap US Maritime Industrial Base, Link Allies and Innovators

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US commercial and naval shipbuilding cannot be revived quickly, but here are four ways US strength in innovation can link with US ally strength in shipbuilding.

to consider maritime uses for their technologies if given the right inducements and connections to overseas shipbuilding firms. Scale US defense technology startups with overseas production. Another avenue for cooperation in the maritime sector would link US defense technology startups with allied manufacturers abroad in support of boosting US materiel production. To reach near-term targets ... to graft relevant lessons. And South Korea’s Hanwha has made a direct move into the US through its acquisition of the Philly Shipyard . The US naval shipbuilder HII recently signed a teaming agreement

Drones Over Ukraine

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Samuel Bendett explores how Russia and Ukraine have used unmanned aerial vehicles, especially commercial drones, throughout the war in Ukraine.

Chechnya also started using civilian UAV technology. The downside is that these drones are not really military grade and are not designed for combat, but they have a low acquisition cost (and a low ... Over Ukraine 119 Samuel Bendett Samuel Bendett is an Advisor for CNA's Russia Studies Program . He is an expert on the Russian defense and technology developments, unmanned and autonomous military ... models—both civilian and military—that gather information and provide situational awareness. Commercial drone technology has matured and evolved to the point where practically anyone can buy a civilian

CNA Analysts Share Their Memories of 9/11

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CNA analysts reflect on how September 11, 2001, changed their careers.

–Bolling in DC. I was supposed to be at the Pentagon at 9:00 a.m. on September 11 to give the weekly DIA acquisition intelligence report to the Deputy Director for Naval Warfare in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. My boss, however, changed this plan. He needed someone to take his place at conference at the Army Intelligence Center in Charlottesville

cna talks: China's Economic Statecraft: Indo-Pacific Responses to China’s Acquisition of Foreign Technology

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In this episode of CNA Talks, Rose Tenyotkin and Satu Limaye discuss the legal economic tools China uses to acquire foreign technology.

China's Economic Statecraft: Indo-Pacific Responses to China’s Acquisition of Foreign Technology In this episode of CNA Talks, Rose Tenyotkin and Satu Limaye discuss the legal economic tools China uses to acquire foreign technology. China's Economic Statecraft: Indo-Pacific Responses to China’s Acquisition of Foreign Technology Biographies Rose Tenyotkin   is an expert in China's economic statecraft, overseas foreign investment, export control laws, and nuclear weapons program. Satu Limaye   specializes in Asian international relations, specifically South and Southeast Asia. He has

To Counter China’s Economic Threat to US Industry, Seek Resilience, Not Deterrence

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Economic deterrence, a priority in the National Defense Industrial Strategy, is vague and difficult. To compete with China, economic resilience is preferable.

if an economic red line were visible to Beijing, “fear of materially reduced access to US markets” might not be a sufficient deterrent. Beijing views acquisition of advanced foreign technology and dominance

The US Advances its Pacific Partnership Strategy in Micronesia

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April Herlevi examines recent agreements between the US and Pacific Island nations and how they fit into the country’s Pacific Partnership Strategy.

The US Advances its Pacific Partnership Strategy in Micronesia April Herlevi examines recent agreements between the US and Pacific Island nations and how they fit into the country’s Pacific Partnership Strategy. /images/InDepth/2023/06/Signing-Ceremony-resized.jpg The US Advances its Pacific Partnership Strategy in Micronesia April Herlevi April Helevi is a Senior Research Scientist with CNA's Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Program. She is an expert on the People’s Republic of China (PRC) foreign and security policy, economic statecraft for technology acquisition, and the increasing role

ai with ai: The Low-Res Valley

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In AI news, researchers from the University of Copenhagen develop a machine learning model that estimates the chances of risk of death due to COVID at various stages of a hospital stay, including a 80 percent accuracy whether a patient with COVID will require a respirator. The Joint AI Center has a double-announcement, with the Tradewind Initiative, which seeks to develop an acquisition ecosystem to speed the delivery of AI capabilities, and with Blanket Purchase Agreements for AI testing and evaluation services. Kaggle publishes a survey on the 2020 State of Data Science and ML, which examines information from ~2000 data scientists about their jobs and their experiences. PeopleTec releases an “Overhead MNIST,” a dataset containing benchmark satellite imagery for 10 categories (parking lots, cars, plans, storage tanks, and others). Epic’s Unreal Engine introduces the MetaHuman Creator for release later this year, which purports to create ultra-realistic visuals for virtual human characters; Andy uses the moment to describe the “Uncanny Valley,” which the Epic tech might manage to leap out of. And researchers from Carnegie Mellon and George Washington show that, like language transformers, image representations contain human-like biases. In research, researchers at the Israel Institute of Technology create a Ramanujan Machine, which can generate conjectures for mathematical constants, without proof. Researchers demonstrate initial steps of reconstructing video from brain activity. The report of the week examines U.S. public opinion on AI, with views on declining support for development and divided views on facial recognition. DeepMind London approaches the topic of common sense from the viewpoint of animals. And the book of the week comes from the author of the aforementioned paper, Murray Shanahan, and his 2010 book Embodiment and the Inner Life.

In AI news, researchers from the University of Copenhagen develop a machine learning model that estimates the chances of risk of death due to COVID at various stages of a hospital stay, including a 80 percent accuracy whether a patient with COVID will require a respirator. The Joint AI Center has a double-announcement, with the Tradewind Initiative, which seeks to develop an acquisition ... transformers, image representations contain human-like biases. In research, researchers at the Israel Institute of Technology create a Ramanujan Machine, which can generate conjectures for mathematical

cna talks: Ukraine Today, Taiwan Tomorrow

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This episode covers how Taiwan applies lessons from the Ukraine War to prepare for a potential invasion from the People’s Republic of China. 

, economic statecraft for technology acquisition, and the increasing role of PRC commercial, economic, and military actors globally. Dr. Pollpeter is the Director of Research at the Air University’s ... . Before joining CASI he was the Senior Research Scientist at CNA. He previously served as the deputy director of a project on innovation and technology in China for the University of California’s