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Building the Base episode 7: William “Mac” Thornberry, former Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee
Mac Thornberry served as the U.S. Representative for Texas’s 13th Congressional District from 1995 to 2021, with service on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and was Chairman of…

Luncheon Discussion on U.S. Military Strength with Dakota Wood
Please join us for an Austin luncheon discussion on U.S. Military Strength with Dakota Wood, Senior Research Fellow, Defense Programs, Center for National Defense, Davis Institute for National Security and…

Luncheon Discussion on U.S. Military Strength with Dakota Wood
Please join BENS TX in Dallas for a conversation on U.S. Military Strength with Dakota Wood, Senior Research Fellow, Defense Programs, Center for National Defense, Davis Institute for National Security…

Luncheon Discussion on U.S. Military Strength with Dakota Wood
Please join us at Club Giraud on Thursday, June 30th for a conversation on U.S. Military Strength with Dakota Wood, Senior Research Fellow, Defense Programs, Center for National Defense, Davis…

Luncheon Discussion on U.S. Military Strength with Dakota Wood
BENS TX Houston BENS luncheon discussion on U.S. Military Strength with Dakota Wood, Senior Research Fellow, Defense Programs, Center for National Defense, Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy.

DARPA Budget Request Seeks to Bolster Critical Defense Technologies
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s $4.1 billion request for fiscal 2023 prioritizes technologies “critical” for the Pentagon, including microelectronics, biotechnology and artificial intelligence, budget documents show. DARPA’s detailed fiscal…

Intelligence Agency Takes Over Project Maven, the Pentagon’s Signature AI Scheme
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency will take operational control of part of the Pentagon’s signature artificial intelligence program, the agency’s director announced April 25. Project Maven is the Department of Defense’s most…

Defense Innovation Unit Opens Chicago Office as Part of Midwest Expansion
The Defense Innovation Unit, a Department of Defense organization founded to help the U.S. military make faster use of emerging commercial technologies, opened a new hub in Chicago to expand…