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What is the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)? Who produces it, and what does it mean for national security? What did the recently-passed Fiscal Year 2024 NDAA mean for emerging technologies? Tune in for a conversation with Moshe Schwartz, President of Etherton and Associates, to discuss all of this and more in-depth information about this year’s NDAA. This episode discusses new provisions for developing a quantum science workforce, modernizing DoD's digital systems, and new methods to transition technologies from the lab to the warfighter. Etherton and Associates: https://www.ethertonandassociates.com/ Read the FY2024 NDAA: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670 ETI's second annual Emerging Technologies for Defense Conference will take place August 7-9, 2024 at the Washington DC Convention Center. To receive updates about the conference please join our mailing list here: https://www.emergingtechnologiesinstitute.org/sign-up http://emergingtechnologiesinstitute.org https://www.facebook.com/EmergingTechETI https://www.linkedin.com/company/ndia-eti-emerging-technologies-institute https://www.twitter.com/EmergingTechETI

In this Part 2 episode, guests Mark Neice and Rebecca Wostenberg continue their discussion of ETI’s recently released report, Directed Energy Weapon Supply Chains: Securing the Path to the Future. The report assesses the state of directed energy weapon supply chains while providing actionable recommendations for their development, health, and resilience. Part 1 is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToLPPEOzR8A&list=PL5oQnv75FK5aCB0IeYAWVPon0C7Xa75sr&index=1 Find the report here: https://www.emergingtechnologiesinstitute.org/publications/research-papers/directed-energy-24 Report Launch Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CmHy2AsfUs Directed Energy Professional Society: https://www.deps.org/ See other reports in this series: Hypersonics Supply Chain Report: https://www.emergingtechnologiesinstitute.org/publications/research-papers/hypersonics ETI's second annual Emerging Technologies for Defense Conference will take place August 7-9, 2024 at the Washington DC Convention Center. To receive updates about the conference please join our mailing list here: https://www.emergingtechnologiesinstitute.org/sign-up http://emergingtechnologiesinstitute.org https://www.facebook.com/EmergingTechETI https://www.linkedin.com/company/ndia-eti-emerging-technologies-institute https://www.twitter.com/EmergingTechETI

In this episode, guests Rebecca Wostenberg and Mark Neice discuss key findings and recommendations from ETI’s recently released report, Directed Energy Weapon Supply Chains: Securing the Path to the Future. This report assesses the state of directed energy weapon supply chains while providing actionable recommendations for their development, health, and resilience. Find the report here: https://www.emergingtechnologiesinstitute.org/publications/research-papers/directed-energy-24 Report Launch Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CmHy2AsfUs Directed Energy Professional Society: https://www.deps.org/ See other reports in this series:Hypersonics Supply Chain Report: https://www.emergingtechnologiesinstitute.org/publications/research-papers/hypersonics http://emergingtechnologiesinstitute.org https://www.facebook.com/EmergingTechETI https://www.linkedin.com/company/ndia-eti-emerging-technologies-institute https://www.twitter.com/EmergingTechETI

In this episode, our guest Karen Thornton introduces us to the recently launched Defense Civilian Training Corps (DCTC) and explains how the Acquisition Innovation Research Center (AIRC)  is partnering with four pilot universities and key DoD organizations to strategically develop talent who can immediately contribute to solve challenging national security problems in collaboration with industry and adapt to the future. The Defense Civilian Training Corps is a congressionally-mandated talent development program that provides a multidisciplinary, active-learning curriculum with summer internship projects at DoD organizations. DCTC is a highly selective pilot program that provides a 100% tuition scholarship and prepares scholars for a direct pathway into DoD acquisition-related careers.   Defense Civilian Training Corps: https://dctc.mil/ Acquisition Innovation Research Center (AIRC): https://acqirc.org/dctc/ AIRC on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/defense-civilian-training-corps-dctc/ __________________________________________________________ This episode is sponsored by Raytheon. https://www.rtx.com/raytheon __________________________________________________________ http://emergingtechnologiesinstitute.org https://www.facebook.com/EmergingTechETI https://www.linkedin.com/company/ndia-eti-emerging-technologies-institute https://www.twitter.com/EmergingTechETI

What are the biggest financial vulnerabilities in the defense supply chain? How are global market and economic conditions affecting supply chains? How can the Department of Defense use advanced financial data analytics to better understand their complex supply chains? Join James Gellert, the Executive Chair of RapidRatings International, as he discusses how DOD can assess financial and economic risks consistent with the ways that the commercial financial, aerospace, and pharmaceutical sector firms do to strategically strengthen and create resiliency within their supply chains. RapidRatings: https://www.rapidratings.com/ NDIA ETI Hypersonics Supply Chain Study: https://www.emergingtechnologiesinstitute.org/publications/research-papers/hypersonics __________________________________________________________ This episode is sponsored by Raytheon. https://www.rtx.com/raytheon __________________________________________________________ http://emergingtechnologiesinstitute.org https://www.facebook.com/EmergingTechETI https://www.linkedin.com/company/ndia-eti-emerging-technologies-institute https://www.twitter.com/EmergingTechETI

In today's episode, our guest Nick Sinai discusses strategies and best practices for navigating the bureaucratic complexities inherent in emerging technology adoption, as well as making an impact when working with or within large bureaucracies. Hack Your Bureaucracy by Marina Nitze and Nick Sinai https://www.hackyourbureaucracy.com/ __________________________________________________________ This episode is sponsored by Raytheon. https://www.rtx.com/raytheon __________________________________________________________

Today's podcast guests are the Honorable Alan R. Shaffer, Director of Washington Operations at MIT Lincoln Laboratories, and ETI Associate Research Fellow, Wilson Miles, who will discuss their new paper, "Enabling the Joint Warfight: Challenges & Opportunities." The paper is based on a series of workshops organized by ETI on the Joint Warfighting Concept. In this episode, the Honorable Shaffer and Wilson outline the key findings and policy recommendations for enhancing the joint force. To read the report, click here: www.emergingtechnologiesinstitute.org/Publications/Research Papers/JWC Gen. Hyten (Ret) discussing the Joint Warfighting Concept at the rollout of the Emerging Technologies Institute: https://www.c-span.org/video/?513684-1/joint-chiefs-staff-vice-chair-defense-technology Gen Milley's (Ret) article on the 2023 update to the Joint Warfighting Concept: https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Portals/68/Documents/jfq/jfq-110/jfq-110_6-15_Milley.pdf?ver=XE5o7a8f80Ro99ue8Vh-IQ%3d%3d __________________________________________________________ This episode is sponsored by Raytheon. https://www.rtx.com/raytheon __________________________________________________________ http://emergingtechnologiesinstitute.org https://www.facebook.com/EmergingTechETI https://www.linkedin.com/company/ndia-eti-emerging-technologies-institute https://www.twitter.com/EmergingTechETI

Join Jacob Winn, NDIA ETI Associate Research Fellow, and Dr. Michael Fritze, an independent consultant, to discuss their new paper, "Modernizing Defense Microelectronics: Challenges and Opportunities." The pair discuss the findings of their research and lay out recommendations on how DoD can integrate more advanced microelectronics into their systems. To read the report, click here: www.emergingtechnologiesinstitute.org/publications/research-papers/modernizing-defense-microelectronics __________________________________________________________ This episode is sponsored by Raytheon. https://www.rtx.com/raytheon __________________________________________________________

In May 2023, the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)’s Emerging Technologies Institute (ETI), the Office of the Chief Scientist of the Air Force, and NDIA’s Science and Engineering Technology (S&ET) Division co-hosted a workshop on “Strengthening DoD-Industry-Academia Collaboration to Increase STEM Engagement with MSIS." Join Wilson Miles, NDIA ETI Associate Research Fellow, to discuss ETI's new report on that workshop. Wilson discusses the workshop's goals, findings, and recommendations for next steps. To read the report, click here: https://www.emergingtechnologiesinstitute.org/publications/workshop-reports/msi-report ______________________________________________________________________ This episode is sponsored by Raytheon. https://www.rtx.com/raytheon ______________________________________________________________________ http://emergingtechnologiesinstitute.org https://www.facebook.com/EmergingTechETI https://www.linkedin.com/company/ndia-eti-emerging-technologies-institute https://www.twitter.com/EmergingTechETI

NDIA’s Emerging Technologies Institute visited the Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. ETI's Executive Director, Dr. Arun Seraphin, is joined by Letterkenny Army Depot's director of strategic management, Kate Williams, and Chris Ghigliotti, an electronics engineer. Kate spoke about the weapons maintenance, safety, and modernization process and the return of supplies to soldiers. Chris also spoke about the work that the depot does in collaboration with Penn State to test new technologies. He also talked about how Letterkenny outreach activities, including their STEM-pilot program to generate student interest in directed energy. Lastly, Kate added the importance of inter-service cooperation for warfighters and the different emerging technology projects the Depot has done with other services. https://www.letterkenny.army.mil/ This episode is sponsored by Raytheon. https://www.rtx.com/raytheon

Dr. Nick Maynard, CEO and Co-Founder of U.S. Ignite, speaks on the various uses of 5G technology, including the ability to connect 5G networks with smart city centers. Widely recognized as a critical emerging technology, 5G and Future G capabilities are to be leveraged across industries to support mission-critical tasks with optimal and efficient results. Dr. Maynard also discusses funding for 5G technologies and the advent of sensor data for real-time decision analysis tools.  For defense-oriented missions, Dr. Maynard speaks about creating independent wireless ecosystems for the U.S. and provides suggestions on policy strategy for 5G, including the support needed for the commercialization of large and small companies. https://www.us-ignite.org/ https://digital.nationaldefensemagazine.org/publication/?m=46185&i=803324&p=19&ver=html5 This episode is sponsored by Raytheon Technology.  https://www.rtx.com/

The Department of Defense is experiencing an explosive increase in its demand for software-implemented features in weapon systems. The combination of exponential increases in computing power and similar advances in memory density and speed has made software-mediated implementation of system features increasingly attractive. In the meantime, defense software productivity and industrial base capacity have not been growing as quickly. Do we have an impending bottleneck? If so, what are the management implications?Find out with Dr. Arun Seraphin and Dr. David Tate, Senior Analyst in the Cost Analysis Research Division of the Institute for Defense Analyses. Software Productivity Trends and Issues (Conference Paper)https://www.ida.org/research-and-publications/publications/all/s/so/software-productivity-trends-and-issues-conference-paper Other Software-related ETI activities:Coding the Future: Recommendations for Defense Software R&Dhttps://www.emergingtechnologiesinstitute.org/publications/workshop-reports/software-report Podcast: Software Modernization with Dr. Forrest Shullhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbBRiPBIGpI Technology 101: Agile Softwarehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyEIDJhPPbQ&t=55s http://emergingtechnologiesinstitute.orghttps://www.facebook.com/EmergingTechETIhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/ndia-eti-emerging-technologies-institutehttps://www.twitter.com/EmergingTechETI