Defense Technology Monitor No. 116
Laser links at sea;
China deploys subsea computing;
The Pentagon is testing cyber defense in orbit...;
...While developing jamming weapons;
The drone-ification of the Black Hawk
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Defense Technology Monitor No. 115
AI enables next-gen terror recruitment;
X-37B mission tests laser comms and GPS-free navigation;
Pentagon test next-generation GPS satellite;
AI you can trust;
Agroterror threat enters U.S. lab
Space is becoming an industrial economy
Shortly after space week in October, investment firm JP Morgan announced a $10 billion investment plan targeting industries critical for United States national security. In addition to things like nanomaterials, autonomous robotics and solar power, the announcement also focused on funding spacecraft and space launches.
A Space Week Without Strategy
Sixty-eight years ago, the Soviet Union shocked the world by launching Sputnik 1 and igniting the space race. Today, new Sputnik moments loom on the horizon, and the stakes are far higher. The country that emerges as a preeminent space power will guarantee its own economic and national security, and shape the “rules of the road” that govern the international community for decades to come. Who will that be?
Defense Technology Monitor No. 114
A polymer that heals on impact;
Navy tests first sea-based hypersonic launch;
Progress toward power beaming;
Sound waves expose hidden seafloor bombs;
Fix the data, fix the AI