Tag: The Science of Where Magazine

China/Russia – Report: China Is Hacking Russia, Too (Defense One)

Patrick Tucker Much has been made about the emerging relationship between China and Russia, two countries that the National Defense Strategy recognizes as near-peer competitors to the...

USA – NSA Awards Secret Up-to-$10B Contract to Amazon (Defense One)

Frank Konkel The National Security Agency has awarded a secret cloud computing contract worth up to $10 billion to Amazon Web Services, Nextgov has learned. The contract...

USA/China – Pull US AI Research Out of China (Defense One)

KLON KITCHEN and BILL DREXEL Recently, the Biden administration and a host of allies called out China for its massive Microsoft Exchange hack (among others), and threatened strengthened cyber...

Cryptocurrencies – Why Crypto Matters (Brookings, The Open Mind)

Eswar Prasad Cornell University trade economist Eswar Prasad discusses how cryptocurrencies are impacting the future of markets and global stability - Podcast Why Crypto Matters |...

Open-Source Software/Artificial Intelligence – How open-source software shapes AI policy (Brookings)

Alex Engler Open-source software quietly affects nearly every issue in AI policy, but it is largely absent from discussions around AI policy—policymakers need to more...

USA – US Senate votes down $50B defense infrastructure boost (Defense News)

Joe Gould The U.S. Senate on Tuesday rejected a Republican proposal to add $50 billion in defense infrastructure spending to Democrats’ budget plan. Though Republicans hoped...

USA – A diverse Corps is necessary to implement future force design, top official says (Defense News)

Philip Athey The Marine Corps needs increased diversity to fully implement the force design changes required to face off against China, Russia or other potential threats, said Marine Brig. Gen. A.T....

USA – US Army orders more Strykers with 30mm cannons from Oshkosh (Defense News)

Jen Judson The U.S. Army has ordered 83 more Stryker combat vehicles equipped with 30mm cannons from Oshkosh Defense worth $99 million to outfit another brigade combat team. The service...

NATO – NATO chief flags Baltic tensions ahead of Zapad military drill (Defense News)

Sebastian Sprenger NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance would keep a close eye on “hybrid activities” by Belarus against alliance member Lithuania, as...

USA – Carl Vinson strike group using first deployment with F-35C, beefed-up air wing to hone advanced operations (Defense News)

Megan Eckstein  The air wing the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is hauling around not only includes the F-35C Joint Strike Fighter for the first...

USA – Sasha Baker tapped for lead policy role at Pentagon (Defense News)

Joe Gould President Joe Biden will announce White House national security official Sasha Baker as his pick for deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, Defense...

USA – US Army’s critical missile defense system will play role at Project Convergence (Defense News)

Jen Judson The U.S. Army’s critical missile defense system will play a small role at the service’s major campaign of learning this fall — Project Convergence — in...

Australia – Australian military uses ball-shaped simulation platform to practice amphibious ops (Defense News)

Nick Lee-Frampton The New Zealand Defence Force is using a virtual reality platform that is helping drivers train for amphibious assault missions, a military official told...

USA – Mara Karlin confirmed to lead Pentagon strategy (Defense News)

Joe Gould The Senate on Monday confirmed veteran defense official Mara Karlin to lead Pentagon strategy hours after Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., announced he’d lifted a procedural hold...

Black Sea – Tension on the Black Sea: What great power competition looks like from the deckplates (Defense News)

Megan Eckstein On the morning of July 2, following live-fire drills between the United States and Ukraine, a Russian ship made unexpected radio contact with the...

USA – Defense research forms the foundation for national security. Funding cuts crack it (Defense News)

John Latini As global threats become more complex and frequent, so does our reliance on science and technology to keep them at bay. Federal research...