SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 - Nineteen years ago on September 11, 2001, two commercial airliners hijacked by a group of Islamic adherents were deliberately flown into the sides of the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center in Manhattan, killing more than 2,700 people. Another hijacked airliner, which analysts believe was intended for impact at Maryland’s Camp David Presidential Retreat, … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2020
Artificial Intelligence Community Growing, Transitioning
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 - The Defense Department's artificial intelligence community has moved from being "AI pioneers to being AI practitioners," Nand Mulchandani, the acting director of the Pentagon's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, said. Mulchandani spoke today to Pentagon reporters about the changes artificial intelligence will mean to DOD. ... I can clearly tell … [Read more...]
Four Rainbow Division Soldiers Recall 9/11 Response
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 - Nineteen years after the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil, four New York Army National Guard Soldiers recalled their experiences responding in New York on 9/11. The Soldiers not only share their tragic experience from 9/11 but also deployed together to Iraq in 2004 and then again to the Middle East in 2020 – both deployments under the 42nd … [Read more...]
Modernization Priorities That Will Benefit Warfighters
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 - Defense Department officials spoke about the DOD's modernization strategy, including the development and procurement of high priority systems — such as artificial intelligence, directed energy, small satellites, hypersonics, a 5G network and unmanned aerial systems — which could potentially offer game-changing results on the battlefield. Dr. Mark J. … [Read more...]
Navy Researchers Use Advanced Radar to Hear Moving Targets
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 - Using an advanced radar, experts at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory developed ways to detect subtle vibration changes in moving targets. Sensing vibrations with a millimeter wave radar essentially gives radar operators the ability to “hear” what a target is doing. “We’ve taken vibration sensing and what we are effectively able to do now is use it … [Read more...]