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Military Technology
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Beware the Allure of Training Technology
Timothy Marler
May 18, 2022
Defense News
In addition to focusing on acquiring technology that helps retain a competitive advantage, the U.S. Department of Defense could also focus on codifying processes that align technology with user needs and that adapt as technology, military operations, and needs change. Considering context when planning the development and use of training technology could be crucial.
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Security Cooperation
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Making AUKUS Work
Jennifer D. P. Moroney @jdpmoroney, Alan Tidwell
Mar 22, 2022
The RAND Blog
In September 2021, President Biden announced the creation of AUKUS, a trilateral, experimental arrangement among the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom focused on defense technology. The barriers to success are numerous but the partnership could offer significant opportunities.
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Emerging Technologies
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Military Yet to Fully Leverage Additive Manufacturing
Samantha McBirney, Phillip Burton
Mar 2, 2022
National DEFENSE
Additive manufacturing may very well become a critical component of the Defense Department supply chain, but challenges ranging from decentralized approaches among the various services, a lack of standards, limited awareness and know-how among military workforce and leadership, and intellectual property issues could prevent the Pentagon from realizing its potential.
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International Trade
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Russia Engine Troubles: Is Putin's Behavior Catching Up with Him?
Chandler Sachs, John V. Parachini @JohnParachini
Jun 15, 2021
The RAND Blog
Actions taken to curb Russian malign activities around the globe appear to be affecting Russia's marine and aerospace engine sector. Efforts to arrest Russia's bad behavior might gain momentum if more countries followed the lead of Norway, which chose supporting sanctions over short-term economic gain.
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Vaccination
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Vaccine Hesitancy, Working from Home, Arctic Diplomacy: RAND Weekly Recap
May 21, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on vaccine hesitancy as a symptom of ‘Truth Decay,’ how to make remote work beneficial for all, U.S. Arctic diplomacy, and more.
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Military Personnel Retention
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How the Military Might Expand Its Cyber Skills
James Ryseff
Apr 22, 2021
The RAND Blog
The U.S. military will need to improve its software fluency if it wants to be dominant on the battlefields of the future. Ensuring that future leaders in the military develop cyber skills and the ability to interface with technical experts may be increasingly important.
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Emerging Technologies
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Brain-Computer Interfaces Are Coming. Will We Be Ready?
Aug 27, 2020
Brain-computer interfaces give humans the ability to directly control machines with their minds. Before this emerging technology matures, it's important for developers to weigh the opportunities against the risks.
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Military Technology
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Book Review: 'The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare' by Christian Brose
Jonathan P. Wong @jonpwong
Jul 2, 2020
War on the Rocks
As the Pentagon and commercial technologists continue to explore the potential of commercial technologies for the military and work towards greater adoption, they may wish to focus not only on lowering bureaucratic barriers but also on managing expectations about what technologies will be most beneficial and how they will be used.
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Military Technology
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Considering Military Culture and Values When Adopting AI
Marta Kepe @martakepe
Jun 22, 2020
Small Wars Journal
As the U.S. military contemplates increasing the number and diversity of AI and other autonomous systems, it should consider timely means of mitigating any potential negative side effects.
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Military Technology
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The Risks of Autonomous Weapons Systems for Crisis Stability and Conflict Escalation in Future U.S.-Russia Confrontations
Burgess Laird
Jun 3, 2020
Russia Matters
While autonomous weapons systems are still in their early development stages, it is worth the time of policymakers to carefully consider whether their putative operational advantages are worth the potential risks of instability and escalation they may raise.
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Artificial Intelligence
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National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence Requests New Ideas; RAND Responds
Feb 21, 2020
The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence put out an open call for submissions about emerging technology's role in the global order. RAND researchers stepped up to the challenge and submitted a wide range of ideas.
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Artificial Intelligence
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AI for Peace
Patrick S. Roberts @RamblingRoberts
Dec 13, 2019
War on the Rocks
The United States should apply lessons from the 70-year history of governing nuclear technology by building a framework for governing AI military technology. An AI for Peace program should articulate the dangers of this new technology, principles to manage the dangers, and a structure to shape the incentives for other states.
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Fighter Aircraft
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B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Is Handy, but It May Not Be the Perfect Fit
Carl Rhodes
Dec 2, 2019
The Australian
Some in the Australian defence community have called for significant changes to the Australian Defence Force structure in response to changing global strategic conditions. Before Australia considers any new long-range strike capabilities, an analysis of alternatives that examines both cost and capability is essential.
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Artificial Intelligence
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Military Deception: AI's Killer App?
Edward Geist @sovietologist, Marjory S. Blumenthal @MarjorySB
Oct 23, 2019
War on the Rocks
Contrary to the promise that AI would deliver an omniscient view of everything happening in the battlespace—the goal of U.S. military planners for decades—it now appears that technologies of misdirection are winning. Military deception, in short, could prove to be AI’s killer app.
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Artificial Intelligence
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Embrace Open-Source Military Research to Win the AI Competition
Jasmin Léveillé
Oct 16, 2019
War on the Rocks
Unless the Pentagon embraces a more open approach to artificial intelligence, it will be left behind. Private sector innovation in this space is too fast. But what are the risks of disseminating potentially sensitive AI technology? And what should not be disclosed?
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Artificial Intelligence
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A Code of Conduct for AI in Defense Should Be an Extension of Other Military Codes
Cortney Weinbaum @cortney_dc
Sep 11, 2019
Friends of Europe's Debating Security Plus 2019 Programme
An AI code of conduct for defense should look a lot like all other defense codes of conduct. A global society that would create the Geneva Convention is a society that believes in a moral code for warfare. This same code could extend into its weaponized algorithms.
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Military Technology

Beware the Allure of Training Technology

Making AUKUS Work

Military Yet to Fully Leverage Additive Manufacturing

Russia Engine Troubles: Is Putin's Behavior Catching Up with Him?

Vaccine Hesitancy, Working from Home, Arctic Diplomacy: RAND Weekly Recap

How the Military Might Expand Its Cyber Skills

Brain-Computer Interfaces Are Coming. Will We Be Ready?

Book Review: 'The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare' by Christian Brose

Considering Military Culture and Values When Adopting AI

The Risks of Autonomous Weapons Systems for Crisis Stability and Conflict Escalation in Future U.S.-Russia Confrontations

National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence Requests New Ideas; RAND Responds

AI for Peace

B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Is Handy, but It May Not Be the Perfect Fit

Military Deception: AI's Killer App?

Embrace Open-Source Military Research to Win the AI Competition

A Code of Conduct for AI in Defense Should Be an Extension of Other Military Codes

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