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How AFWERX, Spark Tank Competition Foster USAF Innovation

Lt. Col. Dave Harden, USAFR, chief architect at AFWERX, the US Air Force’s innovation cell, Lauren Knausenberger, Spark Tank director, and Master Sgt. Bartek Bachleda, USAF, a KC-135 boom operator with the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, McConnell AFB, Kansas, and this year’s champion, discuss how AFWERX and the service-wide innovation contest it co-hosted with Airmen Powered by Innovation foster creative problem-solving in the Air Force, Bachleda’s winning idea — a platform that can reduce back and neck injuries in boom instructors, and slash the Air Force’s medical costs by $132 million per year — and more during a Feb. 22, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Air Force Association’s 2018 Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida. Our coverage is sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

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Lockheed Martin’s Crisler on F-35 Production-Rate Goals, Lessons Learned

Jack Crisler, vice president for F-35 business development and strategy integration at Lockheed Martin, discusses production-rate goals for the F-35 Lightning II fighter, lessons learned from international customer data and feedback, enabling communication between fourth- and fifth-generation aircraft, and more during a Feb. 22, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Air Force Association’s 2018 Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida. Our coverage is sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

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CSIS’ Cancian, CSBA’s Mahnken on How DoD Should Deal with Strategic Surprise

Col. Mark Cancian, USMC Ret., senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Thomas Mahnken, PhD, president of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, discuss CSIS’ new “Coping With Surprise in Great Power Conflicts” report and how the Pentagon can better react to the unexpected — whether it arises internally or on the battlefield– during a Feb. 20, 2018, interview at the think tank’s Washington headquarters.

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CSIS: ‘Coping with Surprise in Great Power Conflicts’

In his February 2018 report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ International Security Program, Col. Mark Cancian, USMC Ret., a senior adviser at CSIS, argues that “the return of great power competition” after a seven-decade-plus hiatus makes dealing with strategic surprise an urgent matter. “This study, therefore, examines potential surprises in a great power conflict, particularly in a conflict’s initial stages when the interaction of adversaries’ technologies, prewar plans, and military doctrines first becomes manifest,” he writes. “It is not an attempt to project the future. Rather, it seeks to do the opposite: explore the range of possible future conflicts to see where surprises might lurk.”

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Mitchell Institute’s Deptula: USAF Must Build More Fifth-Generation Capability to Stay Competitive

Lt. Gen. David Deptula, USAF Ret., dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, says the US Air Force must build more fifth-generation capability so it will be able “to take on near peer competitors in the future,” and discusses modernization strategy, improving communication between the US military services, dealing with strategic surprise and more during a Feb. 21, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Air Force Association’s 2018 Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida. Our coverage is sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

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AFA’s Spencer on 2018 Air Warfare Symposium: ‘It’s All About Innovation’

Gen. Larry Spencer, USAF Ret., Air Force Association president and former US Air Force vice chief of staff, previews AFA’s 2018 Air Warfare Symposium — including the Airmen Powered by Innovation/AFWERX inaugural Spark Tank competition — and discusses the new wave of Air Force innovation, the White House’s FY19 defense budget request and more during a Feb. 21, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian conducted in Orlando, Florida. Our coverage is sponsored by Leonardo DRS.

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RAND’s Wenger on How Data Can Help US Military Recruiters, Finding Cyber Talent

Jennie Wenger, PhD, a senior economist at the RAND Corporation, discusses how the US military can harness Google search data to better address potential recruits’ concerns about enlistment and improve screening processes, attracting and retaining cyber talent, and more during a Feb. 9, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the think tank’s Santa Monica, California, headquarters.

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Denmark’s Lentfer on Danish Defense Agreement, F-35, Air Defense, Naval Programs

Lt. Gen. Flemming Lentfer, Royal Danish Air Force, Denmark’s acquisition chief, discusses the Agreement for Danish Defence 2018 – 2023 — the country’s multiyear spending and programs roadmap — including Copenhagen’s commitment to the F-35 Lightning II fighter program, air-defense and naval capabilities, and more during a Feb. 13, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian conducted at the Danish Embassy in Washington.

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Council on Foreign Relations: ‘Reforming the U.S. Approach to Data Protection and Privacy’

In “Reforming the U.S. Approach to Data Protection and Privacy,” a February 2018 report from the Council on Foreign Relations, author Nuala O’Connor, president and CEO of the Center for Democracy & Technology, argues that the US is lagging behind other Western nations when it comes to personal-data protection, since the existing data rules are lackluster and differ between different sectors. “U.S. citizens and companies suffer from this uneven approach—citizens because their data is not adequately protected, and companies because they are saddled with contradictory and sometimes competing requirements,” the report reads.  “It is past time for Congress to create a single legislative data-protection mandate to protect individuals’ privacy and reconcile the differences between state and federal requirements.”

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