Mad Scientist Community,
MD5 and Army Futures Command present
A-Hack-of-the-Drones
What: Commercial off-the-shelf, small, unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) have become ubiquitous, and the potential threat they represent in the hands of actors ranging from…
Do you know about Air University? Did you know that Air University has been around since the 1930’s and in recent years has touched most Air Force Officers, Enlisted members and Air Force Civilians through professional military education…
Please find attached the TRADOC G-2's annually updated Potential Game Changers broadsheet, addressing key disruptive technologies impacting upon the Future Operational Environment's Era of Accelerated Human Progress (now through 2035) and Era of Contested…
Do not consider that which you are not.
Be adaptive, to live limitless.
Seriously. A quiet mind holds value.
Those invited to be potential TED talkers are required to attend several auditions, and, if they are one of the chosen few, a number of rehearsals before they are deemed ready.
Julie says, "What I can’t abide is the way presenters pace around the stage…
The new free mobile app for Air University is available at both android and apple stores.
The app is a rich media content delivery system for Air University. Our goal is to develop a method of communication for internal and external audiences that fulfill…
In this interesting article the author explores the use of AI and ML on the battelfield.
Summary: While the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) continues to experiment with Artificial Intelligence (AI) as part of its Third Offset Strategy, questions regarding…
Today, the Air Force (from whose resources most of a new space force branch would come from) is the service with principal responsibility for military space operations. In fact, it serves as the world’s preeminent “air, space and cyberspace…
First of all, the mere fact that space is a distinct geographic and operating domain is not itself conclusive. We don’t have a separate “submarine force,” for example, even though the undersea parts of the oceans are vast.
Read mo…
WHO:
The U.S. Army is getting out of its comfort zone and wants to see the best technology out there from small businesses/start-ups. So, it is holding its first ever xTechSearch Technology Pitch Contest.
WHAT:
The U.S. Army is seeking innovative technology…
**June 15 Deadline**
Mad Scientist Call for Ideas: Learning 2050!
Help us with what the future of learning looks like so we maintain our advantage in Soldier Overmatch.
This Call for Ideas is open to everyone, no DoD or Military affiliation required…
Please see our updated Potential Game Changers handout, addressing the impact of potentially disruptive technologies. Understanding their individual and convergent impacts is essential to continued battlefield dominance in the Future Operational Environment…
Please generate a few lines regarding your nation's desired SOF outcomes and topics, concerns or requests that your national delegation will raise with US SOF leadership during the USSOCOM ISOF Commander's Conference. Although we're looking for…
Looking for the latest agenda? You can find it here in the ISOF Community on APAN. This schedule is tentative and subject to change. If there are any questions please send an email to the ISOF Commander's Conference team at J3-IEngagementsBranch@socom…
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If you are unable to access the link or cannot find your reservation…
Ted Kahn at Engility has provided a small guide to the semantics and best practices for SysML activity diagrams. Thanks Ted!
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The commercial space industry can mass produce satellites that are small but quite sophisticated for the price. And launch vehicles are getting better and cheaper by the day. So it only makes sense for the U.S. military to ride that wave, said Steven Walker…
FIFTH GENERATION WARFARE AND OTHER MYTHS: CLARIFYING MUDDLED THINKING IN OUR CURRENT DEFENSE DEBATES
By Dave “Sugar” Lyle
When you are talking about the command and control of forces that could potentially destroy human society as we know…
See link for access to numerous articles, podcasts, and videos on multidomain operations. Over the Horizon is affiliated with the Multidomain Operational Strategist program at Air Command and Staff College.
https://othjournal.com/
See the link for a joint article on attempts to converge Army and Air Force perspectives on multi-domain operations in Joint Force Quarterly. General David G. Perkins is the Commanding General of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command. General James M…
Global Command and Control: Challenges and Opportunities
(Condensed from various C2 subject matter expert inputs by the LeMay Center Strategy & Concepts team)
The Air Force reexamination of global command and control comes at the perfect time, as the…
Fundamental C2 functions, tensions and tradeoffs – Lt Col Dave “Sugar” Lyle
As it is with any inherently multidisciplinary activity where competing interests and imperatives are in play, the practice of Command and Control is much more…
Join us TODAY Mad Scientist for an online discussion!
Topic: “A Mad Scientist’s Lab for Bio-Convergence Research”
With: Drs Cooke and Mezzacappa from RDECOM-ARDEC Tactical Behavior Research Laboratory (TBRL)
When: FEBRUARY 27th at 1…