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Army News
Army Develops Model to Aid Epidemic Predictions
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Army researchers have developed a new mathematical model that could improve future disease outbreak predictions based on how information mutates as it is transmitted.
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Chem Bio Protection
Editor's Notes: Creating a Robust Biosurveillance Network
The Central Intelligence Agency reportedly knew as early as January that a potentially devastating pandemic was on its way to the United States.
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Research and Development
DARPA Declares War on Jet Lag, Other Travel Woes
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has kicked off a hunt for new technologies aimed at combating travel-associated problems faced by warfighters and civilians on-the-go. The effort could facilitate treatments for a wide range of health issues, according to the project leader.
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Space
China’s Cislunar Space Ambitions Draw Scrutiny
Some members of the space community are sounding the alarm as China indicates it may seek to establish a commanding position in cislunar space, to include the area near the Moon’s orbit.
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Cyber
COVID-19 NEWS: Joint AI Center Accelerating Work Despite Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing delays and disruptions across the Pentagon, but has so far had minimal negative effects on the Defense Department’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, said the head of the organization May 29.
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Defense Contracting
VIEWPOINT: Adaptive Acquisition Framework — Ready, Set, Contract?
Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen Lord has called the Adaptive Acquisition Framework “the most transformational change to acquisition policy in decades.”
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Global Defense Market
Foreign Military Sales at Risk of Decline
The current global economic downturn threatens foreign military sales of U.S.-made equipment, as cash-strapped allies and partners have less to invest.
National Defense Columnists
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING INSIGHTS
By Kevin T. Barnett and Michael Wagner
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National Defense Podcasts
APRIL 2020
Robotic Combat Vehicles
In this podcast, National Defense takes a deep dive into the Army’s new robotic combat vehicle initiative and the resurgence of both land and sea mines.