Author: Michael

More than 80% of researchers who investigate veteran cancers, burn pit exposures and mental health for the Department of Veterans Affairs fear their work is on the chopping block under new hiring freezes and budget cuts.
“They’re doing this with people’s lives,” said one VA researcher who lost their job this month. “There’s no, like, ‘OK, we’ll build a new spaceship and put it back on the launch pad.’ That damage is done.

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After a number of recent flight tests, RTX subsidiary Raytheon says it successfully integrated artificial intelligence capabilities into the company’s digital radar warning receiver (RWR) and is now expecting the Air Force to procure the technology sometime this year.
The contractor announced Monday that it completed flight testing of the Cognitive Algorithm Deployment System (CADS), which employs AI and machine learning technology to an aircraft’s RWR to enable real-time analysis of enemy radar signals.

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First-of-its-kind walk-in COVID-19 vaccine clinic for Veterans to vaccinate more than 1,500 in a 3-day period, 2021Public Domain

I recently went in to the VA for my annual checkup.
As I wrote last year, I was asked, “Do you want any vaccines?”
I find this horrific.

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