Government Matters (Full Show) – May 12, 2022
Modernizing the Army’s cavalry design; monitoring and preventing foreign investments in American technology; NTSB using drones to respond to accident sites
Modernizing the Army’s cavalry design; monitoring and preventing foreign investments in American technology; NTSB using drones to respond to accident sites
The U.S. Army plans to modernize its force structure to shift from counterterrorism and counterinsurgency to a focus on confronting China and Russia. A new pilot program aims to fill the current gaps in cavalry design. MG John Richardson, commanding general in the First Cavalry Division in the Army, said the Army will restructure its […]
The Defense Department works to prevent adversaries from co-opting American technology and using it against the U.S. One aspect of this mission is monitoring and preventing hostile foreign government investments in American tech companies. DoD is now working with data scientists and professionals from finance, intelligence and policy to understand which technology to focus on, […]
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) plans to expand drone operations. It cataloged hundreds of airplane accidents last year and said drones can help crews respond faster to dangerous accident sites. Catherine Gagne, unmanned aircraft system operator at the Office of Aviation Safety at NTSB, said drones enable her office to position high-resolution cameras precisely […]
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