As kinetic warfare expanded globally, an OODA Network Member posed the question: "What does this mean now? Does it mean Iran will stop funding and supporting the Houthis?" Recent OODA Network discussions also ...
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The June 2025 OODA Network meeting featured a discussion of the evolving AI, drone warfare, robotics, and cybersecurity landscape, drawing from network members' subject matter expertise and ongoing operational experience.
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Recent technology developments from Atlanta-based startup Hermeus have surfaced in many OODA Network internal discussions. Why? Hermeus has achieved a breakthrough in hypersonic aircraft with the successful first flight of its Quarterhorse Mk ...
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Agentic AI systems demand a new kind of red teaming that tests for emergent, goal-driven behavior across complex attack surfaces and operational environments.
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IBM has declared an ambitious goal: to build the world’s first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer by 2028. If successful, this will be a milestone not just in computation but in geopolitics, cybersecurity, and scientific discovery. ...
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RAND’s roadmap for AI-driven economic policy confronts the high-stakes trade-offs of growth, inequality, and global competition.
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A series of recent drone strikes—from Ukraine to Iran and Israel—confirms that drone swarm warfare is now a globally operational, scalable, and deeply destabilizing capability.
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The accelerating demand for AI infrastructure has triggered a global race for critical minerals, transforming extraction zones into geopolitical flashpoints and reshaping the balance of power between the Global North and South.
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Circle’s recent IPO - and a wave of related filings - mark a turning point in the convergence of traditional finance (TradFi) and digital assets. Is stablecoin now positioned as critical infrastructure ...
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The future of AI, and thus the future of military, economic, and industrial advantage, will be decided at the semiconductor level.
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