Pallas Advisors has appointed Dr. Will Roper, former assistant secretary of Acquisition, Technology and Logistics with the U.S. Air Force and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, as a senior counselor. During his tenure as SCO director, Roper served on the Department’s 2018 National Defense Strategy Steering Group, Cloud Executive Steering Group and Defense Modernization Team.
Read More »Unmanned Vessel Demos Autonomous Performance for DoD, U.S. Navy; SCO Director Jay Dryer Quoted
The Department of Defense (DoD) demonstrated the autonomous performance of an experimental unmanned surface vessel at an exercise with U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. The Ghost Fleet Overlord USV took part in the Department of the Navy's (DON) Dawn Blitz exercise to demonstrate compliance with international standards made to prevent ship collisions.
Read More »DoD Eyes Small Nuclear Reactors for Military Bases; Ellen Lord Quoted
The Department of Defense (DoD) plans to implement commercially-developed nuclear reactors on military facilities to support autonomous power generation and prevent disruption from affected electrical grids, Federal News Network reported Thursday.
Read More »Strategic Capabilities Office Leads Ballistic Missile Test
The Strategic Capabilities Office and the 30th Space Wing demonstrated a prototype ground-launched ballistic missile during a flight test at the Vandenberg Air Force Base.
Read More »Air Force, Strategic Capabilities Office Aim to Develop Cyber Planning Tool Via ‘Project IKE’
The U.S. Air Force and the Department of Defense’s Strategic Capabilities Office have decided to continue the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s work on a program to provide cyber personnel with a tool to plan and carry out cyber operations, Fifth Domain reported Monday.
Read More »DoD Tests Intermediate Missile After End of Nuclear Forces Treaty
The Department of Defense has tested a ground-launched cruise missile to gather data for future intermediate-range weapons development. The missile flew 500 kilometers from a site in San Nicolas Island, Calif., before striking a target, DoD said Monday.
Read More »Mike Griffin: Strategic Capabilities Office’s Move to DARPA Mitigates Bureaucracy Challenges
Mike Griffin, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, said the move to transfer the Strategic Capabilities Office to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will help resolve bureaucracy issues, Defense News reported Friday.
Read More »Report: DoD Plans to Move Strategic Capabilities Office to DARPA
The Department of Defense plans to integrate the strategic capabilities office into the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to centralize more research divisions under Michael Griffin, DoD undersecretary for research and engineering and 2019 Wash100 Award recipient, Reuters reported Friday. The SCO oversees the development of technological capabilities against emerging threats.
Read More »DoD Office Seeks to Integrate AI Into Military Programs; Chris Shank Quoted
The Defense Department's Strategic Capabilities Office has identified programs wherein SCO can apply artificial intelligence to assist military operations, C4ISRNET reported Friday.
Read More »Chris Shank to Head DoD Strategic Capabilities Office
Chris Shank, former senior adviser to the secretary of the U.S. Air Force, has joined the Defense Department’s Strategic Capabilities Office as its new director, Defense News reported Friday. Shank will lead the SCO and its efforts to explore and develop strategies to counter emerging threats across various domains. He …
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