For the seasoned government contractor and acquisitions professional, the not very tightly held secret is the Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) is the only formal mechanism currently available for the …
Rise of the Robots: Breakthroughs in Humanoid Robotics and the Dawn of Embodied AI
Is your head still spinning from all the AI news of late? It will all seem so quaint when the useful humanoid robots arrive. This post tracks some of the recent breakthroughs in humanoids, with a …
What is the Space Development Agency’s Tracking Layer?
For many company's in the commercial space sector, "Low earth orbit (LEO) is the initial crucial step", observed Space Tango CEO Sita Sonty in a panel at OODAcon 2023, "Our company’s business model is …
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What Does CYBER COM 2.0 Look Like?
Recent reporting indicates that U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) is in the middle of restructuring the organization and the forces that support it in order to best position the command to …
From Quantum Foundations to Universal Insights: Embracing First Principles Thinking for Better Understanding Of How Things Work
If you believe in first principles thinking, you need to know some basic facts about the quantum world. Quantum effects can be really strange. So many things we know from experiments just seem …
OODA Almanac 2024 – Reorientation
The year 2024 will require a reorientation to new realities, largely driven by the acceleration of disruptive technologies grinding against the inertia of stale institutions that would rather we snack …
Regulations on Government Use of AI
In a previous post in this series we raised a question: Is the US Government Over-Regulating AI? That post discussed the word "decontrol" as a concept whose time has come in discussion of AI use in …
Bioengineering, Health and Business
In our previous post in this series (see the OODA Special Report: Executive's Guide To the Revolution in Biology) we reviewed some fundamentals in biological science and engineering we recommend all …
Biotechnology in Warfare and Battle – and the Human Body as a Warfighting Domain
RAND researchers in a recently released report explore biology as the platform on which future wars will be fought. Plagues, Cyborgs, and Supersoldiers: The Human Domain of War "examines the …
The January 2024 OODA Network Monthly Meeting: What is on Your Radar in 2024?
The first OODA Network Member Meeting of 2024 was held on Friday January 19, 2024. The meeting was organized around an initial prompt question: "What should we be thinking about in 2024?" The …
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