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Meet the Human in Nuclear Deterrence

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Meet the Human in Nuclear Deterrence

Robert Kittinger0 Comments

Not long ago, uttering words like “human element” or “psychology” at a physics or engineering national laboratory would make scientists’ eyes roll. Their silence was a clear “does not compute”…

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AI Defense Start-ups

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AI Defense Start-ups

Raphael Chiswick1 Comment

As the recent war in Ukraine makes abundantly clear, unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, are firmly established as a key tool of modern warfare. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine…

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Is the United States Losing Aerospace Engineers?

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Is the United States Losing Aerospace Engineers?

Alexis Schlotterback2 Comments

On February 22, 2024, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York updated its list of labor outcomes by major for college graduates. Surprisingly, the data revealed that aerospace engineering is…

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