Learn about our potential adversaries, known as the 2 + 3 Threats, consisting of our near-pear competitors Russia and China; regional actors North Korea and Iran; and radical ideologues (e.g., ISIS) -- Enjoy!

Currently being shown at the AFC booth at AUSA... Enjoy!

Check out NISN's “Seeing Into the Unknown” Virtual Hackathon Participation Guide below to learn how to participate in this month's virtual event.  The submission window runs from October 1, 2020 12:00 (EDT) through 11:59 PM (PDT) on October 16, 2020, so read the Participation Guide NOW and get your innovative ideas submitted!!!

The Mad Scientist Initiative will facilitate our The Future of Unmanned Aerial Systems webinar next Wednesday, 16 September 2020 (1100-1200 EDT). 

This webinar will feature a discussion panel comprising:

• Proclaimed Mad Scientist Mr. Sam Bendett, Advisor, CNA
• Mr. Zak Kallenborn, Senior Consultant, ABS Group
• Mr. David Goldstein, Acting Branch Chief for the Precision Targeting &Integration Branch and a Counter-UAS Team…

The Mad Scientist Initiative will facilitate our "Future of Unmanned Ground Systems" webinar on Tuesday, 18 August 2020 (1000-1100 EDT).

This webinar will feature:

- Proclaimed Mad Scientist Dr. Alexander Kott, Chief Scientist and Senior Research Scientist - Cyber Resiliency, ARL

- Ms. Melanie Rovery, Editor, Unmanned Ground Systems at Janes

- Proclaimed Mad Scientist Mr. Sam Bendett, Advisor, CNA

These panelists…

The Mad Scientist Initiative will facilitate our "Future of Unmanned Ground Systems" webinar next Tuesday, 18 August 2020 (1000-1100 EDT).

This webinar will feature:

- Proclaimed Mad Scientist Dr. Alexander Kott, Chief Scientist and Senior Research Scientist - Cyber Resiliency, ARL

- Ms. Melanie Rovery, Editor, Unmanned Ground Systems at Janes

- Proclaimed Mad Scientist Mr. Sam Bendett, Advisor, CNA

These panelists…

Just released -- the latest issue of the TRADOC G2 Newsletter....

This edition highlights our most recent products, and includes several long term projects:  ATP 7-100.2 North Korea Tactics (large 17 MB File which downloads from the Central Army Registry (CAR) site), Red Diamond - Iran, The Arctic Through 2035, and Competition in 2028 - Anticipating Russian Exploitation of the Operational Environment. 

The attached document…

The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD) Research and Engineering (R&E) Needs Your Help!!!

The Pentagon's Cyber Assistant Director, Dr. Ragsdale, is looking for small and mid-sized companies to chime in on the attached RFI, entitled  "Cyber Science and Technology (S&T) Roadmap."

What does the future (<2045) of Cyber look like? (with focus on 2025-2030)

This is a good chance to get capabilities…

Register to attend the next webinar in our series of Mad Scientist Weaponized Information Virtual Events:

Disinformation and Narrative Warfare, featuring Dr. Ajit Maan and Mr. Paul Cobaugh from Narrative Strategies, this Wednesday, 29 July 2020 (1300-1400 EDT).

Register to participate in this virtual conference [via a non-DoD network] at:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/information-warfare-a-us-army-mad-scientist-series…

Our Mad Scientist Weaponized Information Virtual Conference is next Tuesday, 21 July 2020, from 0900-1530 EDT.

This capstone event is co-sponsored by Georgetown University's Center for Security Studies and the Center for Advanced Red Teaming, University at Albany, SUNY.

Presenters include:  Keith Law of The Athletic; Lewis Shepherd from VMware; Kara Frederick, CNAS Fellow; Alexis Frisbie, U.S. Department of State; and…

1. AI Speeding Up Disinformation Webinar (tomorrow, Wednesday, 15 July 2020, from 1300-1400 EDT): This virtual panel will be moderated by LTG John D. Bansemer (USAF-Ret.), and will feature Dr. Margarita Konaev, Katerina Sedova, and Tim Hwang, all from Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET). Register NOW to participate in this webinar [via a non-DoD network] at:

 https://www.eventbrite…

Mad Scientist wants your Information Warfare Vignettes!

We launched this crowdsourcing exercise to complement our Weaponized Information Virtual Events and we want to hear from you!

Review submission guidelines on our flyer (below), then craft and submit your most innovative and insightful visions of information warfare to us at: MADSCITRADOC@gmail.com.

The winner of our writing contest will be present at our virtual…

The Mad Scientist Initiative announces the next webinar in our series of Mad Scientist Weaponized Information Virtual Events on Wednesday, 1 July 2020:

 - Weaponized Information: The Storm After the Flood — This virtual wargame will be facilitated by Dr. Gary Ackerman, The Center for Advanced Red Teaming, University at Albany, SUNY, with crowdsourced participation.

 In order to participate in this virtual event, you…

The Mad Scientist Initiative announces the next webinar in our series of Mad Scientist Weaponized Information Virtual Events on Wednesday, 1 July 2020:

 - Weaponized Information: The Storm After the Flood — This virtual wargame will be facilitated by Dr. Gary Ackerman, The Center for Advanced Red Teaming, University at Albany, SUNY, with crowdsourced participation.

 In order to participate in this virtual event, you…

The Mad Scientist Initiative will facilitate the fourth webinar in our Weaponized Information Virtual Events series tomorrow afternoon, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 (1300-1430 EDT):

The Content Blitz: Quantifying the Islamic State’s Impact on the Saudi Twittersphere, with Henry Mihm, Inès Oulamine, and Fiona Singer, Georgetown University

Deplatforming, Deconstructed: A Typology for Technology Platforms, with Maddox…

The Mad Scientist Initiative will facilitate the fourth webinar in our Weaponized Information Virtual Events series tomorrow afternoon, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 (1300-1430 EDT):

The Content Blitz: Quantifying the Islamic State’s Impact on the Saudi Twittersphere, with Henry Mihm, Inès Oulamine, and Fiona Singer, Georgetown University

Deplatforming, Deconstructed: A Typology for Technology Platforms, with Maddox…

Registration is now open for the third webinar in our series of on-line Weaponized Information events:

Who:  Dr. Marek Posard and Dr. Christopher Paul, The RAND Corporation

What:  AI and Manufacturing Reality

When:  Wednesday, 3 June 2020 (1400-1500 EDT)

Where:  Virtual (on-line)

How:  In order to participate in this webinar, you must first register by using the link below [via a non-DoD network]... or simply go to the…

You have one month left to write your Information Warfare Vignettes and submit them to Mad Scientist.  Start by checking out the attached flyer to review submission guidelines, then get busy crafting and submitting your most innovative and insightful visions of information warfare to us at:  MADSCITRADOC@gmail.com.  Deadline for submission is 1 July 2020!

Registration is now open for the third webinar in our series of on-line Weaponized Information events:

Who:  Dr. Marek Posard and Dr. Christopher Paul, The RAND Corporation

What:  AI and Manufacturing Reality

When:  Wednesday, 3 June 2020 (1400-1500 EDT)

Where:  Virtual (on-line)

How:  In order to participate in this webinar, you must first register by using the link below [via a non-DoD network]... or simply go to the…

"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed." -- William Gibson, acclaimed author of Neuromancer (1984) and pioneer of Science Fiction's Cyberpunk genre 

Given our on-going series of Mad Scientist Weaponized Information Virtual Events, check out Lucas Winter's timely piece, just published by the The Foreign Military Studies Office (FMSO), U.S. Army Training and Doctrine …

Check out the Table of Future Technologies, created by Richard Buchter, Army Futures Command Combat Capability Development Command Army Research Laboratory Computational and Information Sciences Directorate (AFC CCDC ARL/CISD). This innovative table uses the familiar Periodic Table from Chemistry as a construct to both highlight his team's research and provide us with a useful single portal with which to explore emergent…

We're launching our latest crowdsourcing exercise and we want to hear from you!  Review the attached flyer, then craft and submit your most innovative and insightful visions of information warfare to us at:  MADSCITRADOC@gmail.com.  Deadline for submission is 1 July 2020!

The Army's Mad Scientist team is partnering with the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN) to explore solutions to problems in Dense Urban Environments. Help the Army identify new and novel ways for Soldiers to see inside buildings, subterranean areas, and other obfuscating structures. The solutions and ideas you come up with here might even get you the chance to compete at our in-person hackathon in NYC. This online…

The Army's Mad Scientist team is partnering with the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN) to explore solutions to problems in Dense Urban Environments. Help the Army identify new and novel ways for Soldiers to see inside buildings, subterranean areas, and other obfuscating structures. The solutions and ideas you come up with here might even get you the chance to compete at our in-person hackathon in NYC. This online…