With all the talk about Artificial Intelligence, little has been said about developments or quality protocols in data management. And with a technology that is only as good as the data that enables …
Trade with Belt and Road countries exceeds US$860 billion
China’s imports and exports in BRI countries has surpassed $860 billion USD in the first three quarters, up 13.2% from the previous year. Exports to these countries is up 7.7% compared to the previous …
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Italy plans to slash half a billion dollars from defense in 2019
"Italy will cut €450 million (U.S. $512.3 million) from its planned defense spending in 2019 by suspending helicopter and missile purchases and canceling an office move by the defense ministry to help …
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Lockheed’s $15 Billion Saudi Deal at Risk After Khashoggi Death
"Lockheed Martin Corp.’s potential $15 billion sale to Saudi Arabia of its Thaad air-defense system may be the unfinished deal most vulnerable to growing congressional demands to stop providing arms …
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The military could see big spending changes if Democrats win control of Congress
"In July, as lawmakers were putting the final touches on a $716 billion defense authorization bill for fiscal 2019, members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus unveiled their own plans to severely …
Here’s The Pentagon’s Initial Plan For Creating a Space Force
An early draft from the Pentagon has sketched out a possible trajectory for the creation of a Space Force. The plan would see the movement of some service members from the Air Force, Navy, and Army …
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3 Years After Attacks on Ukraine Power Grid, BlackEnergy Successor Poses Growing Threat
Researchers are calling “GreyEnergy,” an offshoot of the BlackEnergy group that conducted a massive cyberattack on the Ukrainian power grid in 2015, an emerging threat to the Central and Eastern …
Oil’s Most Dangerous Black Markets
"Much production is in volatile regions, and it comes as little surprise that production and trade in crude oil and refined petroleum products have produced a flourishing illicit market that presents …
The answer to battlefield logistics problems could be IoT
"Global investment in the internet of things, or IoT, will top $15 trillion by 2025, according to analysts at Business Insider. The Defense Logistics Agency estimates more than 20 billion IoT devices …
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NATO’s rapid reaction force coming into its own as an interoperability testbed
"NATO’s growing deterrence posture is pushing the allies’ interoperability problems to the fore in ways not seen since the Cold War years, but with a twist. It is less a matter of corps-to-corps …