Author: Michael

In his early months as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s first-ever chief AI officer, Mark Munsell is determined to refresh that spy hub’s existing AI strategy to cover emerging and powerful frontier models, and inventory all of the programs and initiatives that should be under his team’s purview.
During an interview with DefenseScoop on Tuesday, Munsell reflected on his motivation for taking on this nascent role, and discussed those and other key priorities on his near-term agenda as NGA’s newly named CAIO.

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Last week, we talked about creating a great value proposition. But to make that happen, you need to truly understand your customer. When I was creating Forward Brands, I learned that many founders don’t feel comfortable with marketing. They see marketing as complex (and it can be), but what they need is simple messaging that brings in revenue. They started their businesses with big dreams, and at the end of the day, they wanted to make enough money to live the life they imagined.
You’re already working hard—researching, planning, and improving your strategy.

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North Korean troops deployed to Russia may have discovered online pornography, and really gotten into it, the chief foreign affairs commentator for the Financial Times newspaper posted on X.
“A usually reliable source tells me that the North Korean soldiers who have deployed to Russia have never had unfettered access to the internet before,” wrote Gideon Rachman. “As a result, they are gorging on pornography.

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The Defense Department is looking for vendors to develop prototypes of a mobile command, control, communications and computers IT (C4IT) solution for expeditionary medicine that can be integrated into Navy vessels.
A solicitation for the capability was issued by public service nonprofit Advanced Technology International, which manages the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium. Defense Department organizations often offer funding opportunities to consortium members through requests for project proposals, using other transaction agreements.

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Nearly half of the National Guard personnel who have been placed on state active duty for the election will be advising local officials on how to deal with cyber threats, National Guard officials said.
A total of 15 states have activated National Guardsmen for the election Alabama, Arizona, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Illinois, North Carolina, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin, the National Guard Bureau said in a statement to Task & Purpose.

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