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Losing to China in AI, Emerging Tech Will Cost U.S. Trillions, Threaten Security, Says Panel

13 September 2022

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A grim future awaits the United States if it loses the competition with China on developing key technologies like artificial intelligence in the near future, the authors of a special government-backed study told reporters on Monday.

If China wins the technological competition, it can use its advancements in artificial intelligence and biological technology to enhance its own country’s economy, military and society to the determent of others, said Bob Work, former deputy defense...

https://news.usni.org/2022/09/13/losing-to-china-in-ai-emerging-tech-will-cost-u-s-trillions-threaten-security-says-panel

Panel: Pentagon Needs High-Level Attention on AI, Digital Workforce to Keep Up With China

12 March 2021

Operations Specialist 3rd Class Zachary Ezekiel, assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61), identifies air contacts in the combat information center (CIC) on March 21, 2016. Monterey is underway conducting Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) with the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group in preparation for a future deployment. US Navy photo.

Pentagon leaders need to set clear digital readiness performance goals this year as a first step in revamping the requirements process...

https://news.usni.org/2021/03/12/panel-pentagon-needs-high-level-attention-on-ai-digital-workforce-to-keep-up-with-china

Panel: Future Fleet Numbers Not As Important As Capabilities Like Sealift, Unmanned

1 March 2021

Terrance Wells, from San Diego, ties straps for a containment project on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) on Oct. 26, 2020. US Navy Photo

A panel of Navy experts is hopeful that discussions around the future naval fleet will focus on big-picture questions – how will the Navy and the nation pay for modernizing the sealift fleet, do unmanned craft count as ships, and how does the sea service balance the needs of small and large shipyards as it...

https://news.usni.org/2021/03/01/panel-future-fleet-numbers-not-as-important-as-capabilities-like-sealift-unmanned

U.S. Aircraft Carrier Deployments at 25 Year Low as Navy Struggles to Reset Force

26 September 2018

USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) transits the Pacific Ocean while underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations on Aug. 4, 2018. US Navy Photo

This post has been updated to include a statement from the Navy as well as an explanation of how USNI News tabulated its data.

THE PENTAGON – Aircraft carriers – the most visible tools of U.S. military power – are spending more time in maintenance and at home even as the Pentagon has declared it’s entered a new era of competition with China and Russia.

According...

https://news.usni.org/2018/09/26/aircraft-carrier-deployments-25-year-low