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Human SystemsALGORITHMIC WARFARE: Simulating Civilian Behavior During Military Missions
U.K.-based company Hadean is working on simulating how civilians react — both on the ground and online — to military operations to provide greater complexity and reality for training scenarios.
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SpaceSpace Force Speeds Up Launch Times to Respond to Threats
At 7:28 pm Pacific Time on Sept. 14, a Firefly Aerospace Alpha launch vehicle bearing a Millennium Space Systems-built satellite lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
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Army NewsArmy’s Cold Weather Division Needs Innovative Kit to Survive, Fight
The Army established the 11th Airborne Division in June 2022 at Fort Wainwright and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska to fight at high altitudes and in extreme cold weather.
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BudgetBudget Matters: Riding a Defense Budget ‘Bow Wave’
If the Defense Department and industry deliver on modernization plans, a plethora of new aircraft, tanks, ships and other weapons currently under development will enter service at the end of this decade and the beginning of the next.
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Training and SimulationI/ITSEC NEWS: U.S. Navy, Ukraine to Receive Next-Gen Mixed Reality Pilot Training Headset
ORLANDO – A U.S.-Czech startup introduced a new mixed reality headset that the company says will sharply reduce latency issues.
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Robotics and Autonomous SystemsI/ITSEC NEWS: Generative AI Pushing Cognitive Shift in Training
When discussing generative artificial intelligence and language models such as ChatGPT, talking points often focus on the elimination of jobs and privacy concerns, but experts suggest AI will not steal jobs, but simply create different ones — and change the way humans think about accomplishing them.
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Training and SimulationI/ITSEC NEWS: Video Technology Brings 3D Characters to Simulators
ORLANDO — Arizona-based simulation company VirTra introduced an extended reality training headset that uses volumetric video technology to capture realistic 3D characters within training simulations.
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National Defense Podcasts
AUGUST 2023
U.S. Hypersonics, Space Propulsion Technology and the Defense Industry's Struggles to Attract Talent
In this episode, National Defense discusses U.S. hypersonic programs, emerging space propulsion technologies, and the aerospace and defense industry’s struggle to attract talent.