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Exponential innovation is causing exponential disruption

Keyword: China

Exponential innovation is causing exponential disruption

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Exponential innovation is causing exponential disruption

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The Urgent Need for Small Drone Capabilities in the Indo-Pacific: Lessons from Ukraine’s Recent Success

In 1932, Rear Admiral Harry E. Yarnell led a naval exercise that should have changed history. Commanding aircraft carriers USS Lexington and USS Saratoga, Yarnell’s planes successfully executed a simulated attack on Pearl Harbor, dropping flour sacks to represent bombs. Despite this clear demonstration of vulnerability, military leadership disqualified the results, deeming them unrealistic. Nine…
OODA Loop: On the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) and AI Acceleration

Many OODA Network Members also participate in the community of practice created by the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP), which convenes this week in Washington, D.C., for the SCSP AI Expo and Ash Carter Exchange 2025. This post is a compilation of OODA Loop research, which includes references to SCSP research, researchers, and events, as…
OODA Weekly Dispatch: AI Disruption, Network Social in Vegas, Geopolitical Dynamics

A fascinating discussion is underway in the Artificial Intelligence channel of our slack workspace.
Ukraine: Scenarios for the Future

Amid drone strikes, shifting alliances, and unconventional diplomacy, Ukrainian Economist Alexandra Vacroux recently outlined four core scenarios for Ukraine’s future—each shaped by battlefield realities, global power dynamics, and long-term economic resilience.
Japan Adopts Active Cyber Defense Further Normalizing Weaponized Cyberspace

apan has been a frequent target of both cybercriminals as well as nation state actors that have targeted its critical infrastructure as well as private sector with a variety of attacks that have ranged from DDoS attacks, data breaches, and state-led cyber espionage campaigns.
The May 2025 OODA Network Meeting: Exploring Insights and Trends from Public and Private Sector Conferences

The May 2025 OODA Network meeting delivered a comprehensive analysis of the cyber and national security technology landscape, drawing from recent network member attendance at major conferences including RSA, the In-Q-Tel CEO Summit, and SOF Week. OODA Network members on the monthly call surfaced major trends in AI, cybersecurity, defense tech, and geopolitical influence.
Reopening the Endless Frontier: Confronting New Gaps in America’s R&D Landscape

Melissa Flagg argues that America’s innovation system, still guided by the frameworks established by Vannevar Bush in 1945, is failing to address the most pressing challenges of the 21st century. She calls for a fundamental reassessment of the research funding landscape, focusing not on nostalgia for past successes but on forging new connections between research,…
OODA Weekly Dispatch: Quantum Threat Accelerates, Members gather at SCSP AI Expo, and Geopolitical Review
AI Diffusion and Global Power: How U.S. and China’s Divergent Strategies Shape the Digital Future

Experts on AI and Chinese technology policy, writing for Just Security recently, pulled the string on the AI Diffusion framework we have laid out here at OODA Loop in recent posts. Their discussion points are compelling and worth a review. We provide a summary and analysis here.
The Great Compute Buildout: How AI Drives a $7 Trillion Infrastructure Boom

The global AI boom has triggered an unprecedented investment wave—nearly $7 trillion by 2030—to scale data centers that fuel artificial intelligence, sparking intense competition, uncertainty, and strategic risk across industries. An April 2025 report from McKinsey quantifies the monumental stakes and capital requirements to meet surging AI compute demands. The insights from the report are…

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Dan Gerstein of RAND Corporation on The Story of Technology

March 27, 2020

OODA CTO Bob Gourley is joined by technologist and national security expert Dan Gerstein from Rand Corporation. Dan is also the author of the recently released book entitled “The Story of Technology”.

Category: Business

Keyword: China

Chinese loans to Africa plummet to near two-decade low – study

Blinken meets Chinese VP as US-China contacts increase ahead of possible summit

US continues to build Space Force strength with new base in Japan

Using AI In Cybersecurity: Exploring The Advantages And Risks

AI robots capable of carrying out attack on NHS that would cause COVID-like disruption, expert warns

China Sends Record Number of Military Planes Near Taiwan

Biden’s Adviser meets China Foreign Minister in Bid to Ease Tensions

DoD: China’s ICS Cyber Onslaught Aimed at Gaining Kinetic Warfare Advantage

Pentagon’s 2023 Cyber Strategy Focuses on Helping Allies

5 AI trends to look forward to in 2023 and beyond

Author: OODA Analyst

Analysis

The Urgent Need for Small Drone Capabilities in the Indo-Pacific: Lessons from Ukraine’s Recent Success

OODA Loop: On the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) and AI Acceleration

OODA Weekly Dispatch: AI Disruption, Network Social in Vegas, Geopolitical Dynamics

Ukraine: Scenarios for the Future

Japan Adopts Active Cyber Defense Further Normalizing Weaponized Cyberspace

The May 2025 OODA Network Meeting: Exploring Insights and Trends from Public and Private Sector Conferences

Reopening the Endless Frontier: Confronting New Gaps in America’s R&D Landscape

OODA Weekly Dispatch: Quantum Threat Accelerates, Members gather at SCSP AI Expo, and Geopolitical Review

AI Diffusion and Global Power: How U.S. and China’s Divergent Strategies Shape the Digital Future

The Great Compute Buildout: How AI Drives a $7 Trillion Infrastructure Boom

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Dan Gerstein of RAND Corporation on The Story of Technology

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