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4 Discussions with Invited Speakers
Pages 22-28

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... Biographies for all three speakers can be found in Appendix F The Honorable Dennis BLAIR During his address to the symposium audience on the importance of anticipating technological surprise, Director of National Intelligence (DNI)
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From page 23...
... Just as advances in precision in time and space (e.g., GPS technology) revolutionized warfare, so establishing identity through biometrics could similarly influence warfare and national security.
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... Gansler emphasized that facing significant national security challenges -- both in scope and in uncertainty -- requires a holistic view of security, a broad spectrum of security missions, an ability to take advantage of globalization, and recognition of the long-term national security implications of non-military events (e.g., the global financial crisis, a worldwide pandemic, the aging U.S. population)
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... Robert Hegstrom, Director of the Battlespace Awareness Portfolio in the OUSDI, began his talk by describing current efforts in the Battlespace Awareness Portfolio. Preventing technology surprise was described as a core priority of his office, in addition to work with the Military Intelligence Program and the National Intelligence Program.
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... last decade-plus, this "requirement" has not been met. From whom A 21st-century national security industrial base should: is it acquired?
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... First, in a discussion regarding the amount of time the OUSDI spent investigating foreign threats to defeat current U.S. capabilities, it was mentioned that space threats are one current focus, and that the United States is no longer assured of dominance in this area.
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... Lack of specificity limits the ability to be conclusive, and low presumed likelihood leads to low dedication of resources. At the end of the session, discussion ensued regarding trust issues in S&TI.
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  • battlespace awareness
  • national intelligence
  • acquisition workforce
  • dennis blair

  • awareness portfolio
  • industrial base
  • admiral blair
  • intelligence program
  • service chiefs

  • panel discussions
  • symposium audience
  • technological expertise
  • robert hegstrom
  • ing technological

  • anticipating technology
  • gps technology
  • acquisition process
  • military intelligence
  • discussion regarding

  • preventing technology
  • acquisition cycle
  • security implications
  • various national
  • senior acquisition

  • describing current
  • interrelated acquisition
  • security missions
  • intelligence requirements
  • acquisition issues


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