Author: Michael

The acquisition, technology and logistics arm of U.S. Special Operations Command is seeking micro drones that could be launched from a variety of platforms and operate in multiple domains — including in the air and underwater.
A special notice released Thursday told industry that SOCOM’s program management office for remote capabilities is requesting feedback to help identify Group 1 uncrewed aerial systems that could be evaluated next year.
Group 1 drones are at the small end of the spectrum of UAS that the Defense Department uses.

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Suicide rates across the active duty military have increased gradually, but steadily since 2011, according to the Pentagon’s annual review of suicides across the military which was released Thursday.
The Pentagon has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on suicide prevention programs in recent years and has requested over a half billion dollars for 2025. But the number of deaths each year have moved stubbornly upward since 2011.

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In 2018, Jessica Trisko Darden wrote “Compounding Violent Extremism? When Efforts to Prevent Violence Backfire” where she argued that government-funded development programs intended to counter violent extremism contributed negatively to counter-extremism efforts. Given the continued nonsuccess of counter-extremism and counter-terrorism foreign aid programs, we invited Jessica back to reflect on her article.

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