Posted on December 19, 2017. Tags: defense, European Defense Spending, France, Germany, Military, military technology, Security
Europe is currently facing a fundamental shift in its approach to armaments procurement: cooperation both between countries and manufacturers in the development and production of armaments is considered the only way forward in the coming decades. With Germany and France representing the vanguard of the European defense industry, the fate of their KANT project symbolizes […]
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Posted in Europe, France, Germany, Security Issues, Technology, World
Posted on June 8, 2016. Tags: Alec Ross, Barack Obama, Business, Cyber security, Democracy, Interview, Obama, Politics, Technology, Trump, U.S., US Election, US politics, World
There are few people who can lay claim to having shaped how the world’s only superpower uses modern technology, but Alec Ross is one of those few. Having played a critical role in developing then Senator Barack Obama’s technology and innovation plan during the 2008 presidential campaign, Ross went on to serve as senior innovation advisor to […]
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Posted in Cyber Threats, Technology, US, World
Posted on May 29, 2017. Tags: AI, airforce, artificial intelligence, defense, drones, F-35 lightning, future warfare, lasers, military power, military technology, navy, pentagon, peter singer, robots, swarming drones, tomorrows battlefield, US military
The US military is on the cusp of a fundamental transformation in how it operates on the battlefield due, in large part, to advances in artificial intelligence (AI). Although the use of AI by the military has drawn criticism — based mostly on concerns over robots potentially making life and death decisions — over the […]
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Posted in Security Issues, Technology, World