Vanderbilt University professor Douglas Schmidt has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as director of operational test and evaluation for the U.S. Department of Defense. https://lnkd.in/eiRtbD42
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Supercomputer: The TI-21 system, named in honor of the Doolittle Raiders, can calculate about 12 petaFLOPS, or floating-point operations, per second. Essentially, a petaFLOP is the speed at which the computer can turn projects. For those in the science and technology, test and evaluation and acquisition engineering communities, this resource is extremely beneficial. The Air Force Research Laboratory's Raider is part of the DOD High Performance Computing Modernization Program. While Raider is housed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, it also serves as a national resource as the Air Force, Army and Navy each have access to Raider’s supercomputing capabilities. #digital #data #supercomputer #USAF
AFRL’s newest supercomputer ‘Raider’ promises to compute years’ worth of data in days, sav
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Some of the primary applications for quantum sensing include position, navigation, and timing and possibly intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. Though the commercial military applications are quite a few years way, many states have ignited the ideation stage. #quantumcomputing #quantummachinelearning #military
Commercial and Military Applications of Quantum Technology
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New U.S. Air Force Supercomputer Can Compute Years’ Worth of Data in Days The U.S. Air Force's latest supercomputer, named TI-21 Raider, demonstrates remarkable speed, reducing data processing that once spanned five years to just 200 days. This FY21 technology insertion TI-21 is part of the DOD High Performance Computing Modernization Program. While housed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Raider serves as a national resource, granting the Air Force, Army, and Navy access to its supercomputing capabilities. A petaFLOP measures the machine's performance in floating-point operations, and TI-21, achieves approximately 12 petaFLOPS. In contrast, the previous supercomputer, Thunder, installed in 2015, managed only 3.1 petaFLOPS............ click on the link to read more- https://lnkd.in/ggHHD5G8
New U.S. Air Force Supercomputer Can Compute Years’ Worth of Data in Days
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Air Force Research Laboratory's (#AFRL) newest supercomputer ‘Raider’ promises to compute years’ worth of data in days, saving time, money. The FY21 technology insertion, or TI-21, system is part of the DOD High Performance Computing Modernization Program. While Raider is housed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, it also serves as a national resource as the Air Force, Army and Navy each have access to Raider’s supercomputing capabilities. “What we're trying to do with the digital transformation is take some of these workloads that were done in testing…” said Kelly Dalton, technical director at AFRL’s DOD Supercomputer Resource Center. “We're now able to simulate, in which case we can do the testing cheaper, faster. In some ways, we can do things in simulations that you could never do in a physical testing environment.” Air Force Research Laboratory #AirForce #technology https://lnkd.in/gJ-UiprY
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Technology is at the center of the competition between the US and China, so developing measures to assess relative technological progress is critical for US national security and economic health. At RAND, we are developing a portfolio of work that measures US vs China technological progress: everything from bibliometrics to patents to frameworks for comparing industrial bases. What we find is that the competition is stiff and while China might be ahead in certain areas, such as hypersonics, we are ahead in others- or may not need to be ahead at all. After all, it’s not a race to be ahead for the sake of being ahead. It’s a race to leverage technology to improve economic health and warfighting capability. If a tech advancement doesnt serve that end, it’s not that interesting- even if it constitutes a “win” over China. Much of our work at RAND on this subject is not publicly available, but this landmark report, describing one method for doing net technical assessment, is a key exception. It gives a sense of one way to measure US- vs China technological progress. Of course there are others, and we will continue to publish on this topic as methods evolve. But for now- check this out! Jon Schmid, Ph.D. Sarah H.
In my opinion, net assessment (largely developed by Andrew Marshall during his time at RAND and ONA) ranks among the most important methodological contributions to defense analysis. Marshall proposed that to understand a country's strategic behavior requires abandoning traditional (rational actor-based) approaches to evaluating military power in favor of a novel approach built on the detailed empirical study of the myriad factors that affect national strategic behavior in practice. Here we apply many of Marshall's principles to the domain of technology. The study may be of interest to all those interested in tech competition. https://lnkd.in/eZt3J48C
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In my opinion, net assessment (largely developed by Andrew Marshall during his time at RAND and ONA) ranks among the most important methodological contributions to defense analysis. Marshall proposed that to understand a country's strategic behavior requires abandoning traditional (rational actor-based) approaches to evaluating military power in favor of a novel approach built on the detailed empirical study of the myriad factors that affect national strategic behavior in practice. Here we apply many of Marshall's principles to the domain of technology. The study may be of interest to all those interested in tech competition. https://lnkd.in/eZt3J48C
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Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro has established a Department of the Navy (DON) Science and Technology (S&T) Board to "provide independent advice and counsel to DON on matters and policies relating to scientific, technical, manufacturing, acquisition, logistics, medicine and business management functions." The challenges are many, but areas of focus should include: 1.) Development of immediate solutions which strengthen international cooperation and partnerships with friends and deter enemies from attacking us. Shared technological advancements can also strengthen bonds, serve as diplomatic tools and help us to provide swift responses to humanitarian crises and natural disasters worldwide. 2.) Envision a new way of thinking which transforms naval capabilities and significantly increases the safety, well-being and warfighting capabilities of those who serve our nation in uniform. 3.) Prepare our Navy for future threats before they become threats. Read more about the new DON S&T Board here: https://lnkd.in/gcqmd6iu Or go to the following link and click "JOIN" at the top of the page to see how you might be able to join the U.S. Navy's premiere S&T team: https://lnkd.in/g-KjW8YH #usnavy, #knowyourmil, #scienceandtechnology, and #researchanddevelopment
SECNAV Establishes DON Science and Technology Board
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This is interesting and should be tracked. If successful watch for it to implemented in the civilian sector... https://lnkd.in/gRpMiX6y
New Quantum Software Could Help Solve USAF's Parts Challenges
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