Transporter-8, SpaceX’s Eighth Dedicated Smallsat Rideshare Program Mission (On-demand Video Stream)

On Monday, June 12 at 2:35 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched Transporter-8, SpaceX’s eighth dedicated smallsat rideshare program mission, from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

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Domestic Political Extremism in the U.S.: Situational Awareness for June 13, 2023

The long term impact of the historically unprecedented arraignment today (Tuesday, June 13, 2023) of a former U.S. President is unknown. We look at the event through the prism of the ongoing threat of ...

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Every Business Leader Should Know About the Recent Deep Fake Experience of Bill Browder

After the murder by the Russian state of his company's lead lawyer in Russia - Sergei Magnitsky - Bill Browder became a sworn enemy of Vladimir Putin.  So, considering his experience and resources available ...

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The Keynote Conversation at OODAcon 2022: OODA CTO Bob Gourley and Internet Pioneer Vint Cerf

As we begin to ramp up for OODAcon 2023 (October 25th in Reston, VA), we return to the Keynote Conversation between Bob Gourley and Vint Cerf OODAcon 2022.  Find the full transcript below, as well as ...

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OODA Network Member Junaid Islam on Zero Trust Data

OODA Network Member Junaid Islam recently presented at the Department of Defense, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) - with a demonstration and discussion of Zero Trust Data.

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The Latest DoD “Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies” (APFIT) Pilot Projects

As part of a new program to bridge the “valley of death” for military technology, The Defense Department (DoD) recently announced 11 new projects:  "The...projects range from commercial satellite communications terminals for the Marine Corps ...

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The Challenges of and Defending Against Adversarial Machine Learning

This post is a primer on a big topic, adversarial machine learning.  More than any other development of, say, the last five to eight years, adversarial machine learning is very representative of a quote from ...

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The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue – The Quad – and the Future of AI

The 2023 Quad Leaders Summit (which was supposed to meet in Australia on May 24, 2023, after the G7 Summit in Japan) was canceled (after Joe Biden shortened his Asia trip to attend to the ...

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The City of Dallas, Over a Month After A Ransomware Attack, is Still not at Full Functionality

Amidst all the headlines and uncertainty, a story you do not want to miss is that of a major American municipality struggling to get back on its feet for an entire month after a ransomware ...

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The Origin Story of the APT Turla, the Hunt for “The Snake” Malware, and Current Steps for Prevention

Like our recent coverage of the People's Republic of China's advanced persistent threat (APT) Volt Typhoon, OODA Loop Contributor Emilio Iasiello led the way with his recent coverage of the international cooperation that led to ...

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