Executive Brief | August 21, 2022

Army’s Long-Delayed HR Platform Launch in Jeopardy — Again

US to Hold Trade Talks with Taiwan, Island
Drills Military

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The Climate-Space Nexus: New Approaches for
Strengthening NATO’s Resilience

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SmallSat Alliance Steps Up Push for a Military
Comms ‘Outernet’

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Rubicon Begins Trading on the NYSE

BENS Board member Nate Morris, Chairman and CEO of Rubicon Technologies, Inc., a leading digital marketplace for waste and recycling and provider of innovative software-based products for businesses and governments worldwide, began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), August 16, 2022.

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KGM Technologies Ranks No. 27 on the 2022
Inc 5000 Annual List

Our compliments to BENS member Richard Cope Chief Executive Officer at KGM Technologies. Today, Inc. revealed that KGM Technologies is No. 27 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America.

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America’s Industrial Base Isn’t Ready for War
With China

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Submitted by Ramon Marks

Deter China through Strength and Confidence

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Submitted by Todd Blair

Biden’s Three-Headed Cybersecurity Team

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Advanced Engine Industrial Base at Risk of
‘Collapse’, Air Force Says

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The Semiconductor Boondoggle

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A K-Arsenal of Democracy? South Korea and
U.S. Allied Defense Procurement

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HBeitler@bens.org

August 24 | Washington, DC
BENS DC hosts Lieutenant General Gregg P. Olson, Director of the Marine Corps Staff.

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August 25 | Chicago
BENS Chicago hosts a Thursday, August 25th dinner discussion with U.S. Air Force guests, Mr. Timothy Sakulich, USAF Research Lab Executive Director, and Brigadier General (Dr.) John Andrus, USAF, 711 Human Performance Wing Commander. The conversation will highlight U.S. force modernization through warfighting technologies in air, space and cyberspace.

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August 31 | Texas
BENS Texas Dallas Luncheon discussion on the Abraham Accords and Middle East.

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September 15 | Texas
BENS Southeast Dining Out, Atlanta. Save the Date: Registration link to come.

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September 21 | Washington, DC
BENS DC Discussion with James D. Rodriguez, U.S. Department of Labor’s Assistant Secretary for Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS), Workforce Development.

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September 22 | Southeast
Vice Admiral Mary Jackson, USN (Ret.) will join BENS SE for lunch and discussion followed by a Q&A on “The Navy’s Shore Enterprise, Leadership, and Risk.”

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September 29 | Dallas
BENS Texas Dallas luncheon discussion with Major General Andrew Gebara, USAF, Commander, Eighth Air Force, and Commander, Joint-Global Strike Operations Center, Barksdale Air Force Base.

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Multiple Dates, Locations
BENS Texas luncheon discussions on China and the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party with Col Heino Klinck, USA (Ret.), Senior Associate, CSIS, and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia.

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REGISTER / October 6, San Antonio

REGISTER / October 12, Dallas

REGISTER / October 13, Austin