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Report: Pentagon Says STEM Education Deficit is Weakening America The United States risks losing its competitive advantage if it continues with its business-as-usual approach and fails to equip its workforce with the education and skills to develop and field complex, cutting-edge emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, machine learning, and hypersonics. On January 14 the Pentagon released its annual report on the state of the U.S. defense and manufacturing indust...

Can the Space Force shake off Trump? POLITICO 2/4/2021 By Jacqueline Feldscher and Connor O’Brien © Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Gen. Jay Raymond attends an event marking the establishment the U.S. Space Command. Former President Donald Trump loved the Space Force. Between selling Space Force gear from his campaign store and using the new branch to elicit cheers at rallies, Trump pushed the new service across the finish line and cemented it into his legacy. But now that...

USNI News Former Acquisition Chief Geurts to Fill in as Navy Undersecretary February 4, 2021 11:20 AM James Geurts, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition (ASN (RD&A)), speaks with the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) workforce in February 2018 to highlight his priorities and answer questions on issues impacting the information warfare environment. US Navy photo. James “Hondo” Geurts, who served as the Navy’s acquisition chief for more th...

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Issues Medtech Innovation Briefing on CytoSorb for Reducing Risk of Bleeding During Cardiac Surgery News provided by Share this article MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., Feb. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --  CytoSorbents Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSO), a critical care immunotherapy leader commercializing its CytoSorb® blood purification technology to treat deadly inflammation in critically ill and cardiac surgery patients around the world, highlights the ...

tmrFebruary 1, 2021 Growing Adoption of Counter-IED Solutions in Conflict Zones to Boost Market The number of attacks facilitated by an improvised explosive device (IED) has witnessed a considerable surge over the past couple of decades due to which, the demand for counter-IED equipment and solutions has increased at a rapid pace. The considerable growth in the number of unforeseen terrorist attacks around the world has compelled governments to invest and deploy counter-IED solutions– a leadi...

Wyatt’s actions earned him the Soldier’s Medal, the highest award for non-combat related bravery. Almost two years ago, a Special Forces doctor saved the life of a retired Ranger. Now he has been recognized with the highest non-combat award for bravery. On April 7, 2019,  Lieutenant Colonel Larry Wyatt, a clinic director at the US Special Operations Command, and retired Colonel Thomas Wells, a former Ranger and trauma surgeon, were cycling on a bike trail near Tampa, Florida. As they nea...

Barrett MRAD official website Nov. 2020: MRAD MK22 (Multi-Role Adaptive Design Mark 22) rifles met all requirements for the U.S. Department of Defense contract for ASR (Advanced Sniper Rifle) in support of USSOCOM (U.S. Special Operations Command). Since being awarded the contract in March 2019, the MK22 has completed all aspects of the Production Qualification Testing and Operational Testing phases. As a result, Barrett has received the initial production order and deliveries will commence in...

Iran is blaming the US for increasing tension in the Middle East. The Pentagon has shifted combat command responsibility for operations involving Israel from the US European Command (EUCOM) to the US Central Command (CENTCOM). This step has led...

North Koreas Special Forces Make up a Sixth of Its Army - and Thats Concerning It is said that "you cant manufacture special forces" - that is, their quantity and their quality are inversely related. Heres What You Need To Remember: Even though North Koreas special forces are "manufactured" it is important to know what it is they do and how well do they do it. One of the most vital parts of North Korea’s war machine is one that relies the most on so-called “soldier power” skills. North K...

Pentagon Begins Independent Inquiry Into Special Ops and War Crimes The Defense Department inspector general will examine whether elite U.S. commando forces are doing enough to comply with the laws of armed conflict and hold violators accountable. Navy SEAL team members in Ramadi, Iraq, in 2006. The office of the Defense Department’s inspector general said it was starting an inquiry into whether special operations troops take care to abide by the laws of armed conflict during combat missions....