Every year, we also use one of our monthly meetings for a discussion of the annual OODA Almanac with the OODA Network. This conversation took place at the February 2024 OODA Network Member Meeting – …
Two Chinese Supercomputers (with Mystery Hardware Components) Go Online
Conspicuous, controversial and notorious is the Chinese unwillingness to participate in global benchmarking list of the world's most powerful supercomputers. So, the "top 500" list goes out - with …
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Under Fire, CISA’s JCDC Continues Astride with 2024 Priorities
We have been very vocal boosters of CISA, the efforts of CISA leadership, and since its inception, the work of the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC). And we continue in our support of both …
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The Future of the U.S. Defense Industrial Base: Challenges and Opportunities
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is best in class research and analysis, judged against both public or private sector standards. In a recent report, the CRS broke down the vital questions …
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Are Global Stressors and Bank Failures Considered Strategically Net Positive by Some Market Players?
We take a look at the recently released Federal Reserve Board 2024 bank stress test scenarios, with an eye towards just how sensitive the stress tests are to disruptions and uncertainties created by …
Rice and Fertilizer are the Linchpins of Global Food Insecurity
Recent restrictions on rice exports by India prompt this analysis of the on the ground conditions of global food insecurity, returning to some of the themes we explored in The Future of Food …
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Contextualizing Advancements in Bioengineering to your Business Operations
As noted in the first post in this series (see the OODA Special Report: Executive’s Guide To the Revolution in Biology), it has become increasingly clear that the revolution in biological science will …
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Globalization Transformed: Where Should Your Organization “Nearshore” and/or “Friendshore”?
Various perspectives - on Latin American nearshoring and Indo-Pacific "friendshoring" with allied nations in an effort to secure and shorten global supply chains - as well as the emergence of "China …
What is the Defense Industrial Base Consortium?
The Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) was also used recently by the Department of Defense (DoD) to award Advanced Technology International (ATI) "to serve as the consortium manager for the Defense …
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Bioengineering Beyond Health
In previous posts in this series (see the OODA Special Report: Executive’s Guide To the Revolution in Biology and Bioengineering, Health and Business) we reviewed foundational knowledge on …