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On the sidelines of I/ITSEC in Orlando, we hosted a live podcast recording. Our guest for this very special episode was Maj. Gen. Dominique Luzeaux of France, currently championing NATO’s digital transformation. This wide-ranging conversation between Ryan and Maj. Gen. Luzeaux covered training with new technologies, lessons from Ukraine, AI and more. They both also discussed what they learned from the best bosses they ever had.   Thanks to Metrea for sponsoring the very special party where we recorded this episode, as well as the terrific audience in Orlando at the Capital Grille.

The British military recently conducted its first-ever successful, live-fire test of a new weapon designed to cost-effectively defeat swarms of drones, according to the U.K. Ministry of Defence.
The Royal Artillery Trials and Development Unit and 7 Air Defence Group “successfully targeted and engaged” uncrewed aerial systems with the “Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapon” at a range in West Wales, the MOD said in a press release Monday.

Once again, the Pentagon has acknowledged that its footprint in the Middle East is bigger than it has claimed for years. In fact, after years of claiming that the total number of service members deployed to Iraq and Syria was about 3,400, the Pentagon acknowledged this week that 4,500 U.S. troops are in the two countries this holiday season.
U.S. military officials had long claimed that 900 American troops were deployed to Syria and another 2,500 were in Iraq as part of the U.S.-led mission to defeat the Islamic State group, or ISIS.
But Air Force Maj. Gen.