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  • DoD launches the OTA-Funded Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Investment Program: Seeks Industry Proposals

    The Department of Defense (DoD) launched the Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Investment Program (DBMIP) Which seeks “to strengthen domestic supply chains and sustain America’s global prominence in biotechnology. The DBMIP will execute investments through the Defense Industrial Base Consortium (DIBC) Other Transaction Agreement (OTA), which helps lower barriers to allow DoD to work more expeditiously with…

  • 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.

  • What is the Space Development Agency’s Tracking Layer?

    The future “architecture of space” will be distributed across a broad vision, inspired by science fiction, of what space can and will be in the future.  Government agency-led contributions to this “architecture of space” will figure prominently – like the recent Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreements – totalling $2.5 billion -…

  • 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 address the changing cyber threat landscape.  The strategy behind “CYBERCOM 2.0” is that the more than 10-year-old command was built on principles that are outdated for the needs…

  • 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 totally irrational, illogical and are downright befuddling. But understanding quantum effects can give you advantage in business. How? By empowering your ability…

  • 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 on the comfort food of the past than the buffet of the future.  In past Almanacs we’ve talked about the rapid acceleration of technology and…

  • Regulations on Government Use of AI

    How can we know if we are over regulated without an overview of the regulatory environment? Here we provide a short overview of the regulation of government IT with an eye towards shedding light on ways to accelerate AI through some decontrol.

  • 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 executives and investors be familiar with. In this post we dive into concepts centered around the impact of bioengineering on human health. The necessity…

  • 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 a future in which biotechnology is used by both state and nonstate actors…future actors may use pathogens, brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), genomic enhancements, and wearable technology to…

  • 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 meeting aimed to gather input and discuss the big issues of 2024, including geopolitical futures and technological advancements. Network members were encouraged…


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