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May 25, 2023May 24, 2023

446. Universal Soldier

[Editor’s Note: Army Mad Scientist teamed with the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy (SGM-A) at Ft. Bliss, Texas, in executing their annual writing contest for the fourth year in a row. Mad Scientist Laboratory is pleased to feature the … Read the rest

September 15, 2022September 15, 2022

415. Turkey and the TB-2: A Rising Drone Superpower

[Editor’s Note: Army Mad Scientist is pleased to present our latest episode of The Convergence podcast, featuring Karen Kaya — Senior Turkey/Middle East Analyst for the Foreign Military Studies Office (FMSO), within the TRADOC G-2 — discussing the Bayraktar … Read the rest

January 24, 2022January 24, 2022

380. Veritas, Agilis, Versabilis

[Editor’s Note: In a previous post, guest blogger Chris Elles described “the relentless technological acceleration between 2020-2035 catalyzed the single characteristic that most determined the outcome of war — shifting from attrition and beyond maneuver, accelerating towards relative … Read the rest

January 6, 2022January 6, 2022

376. Through Soldiers’ Eyes: The Future of Ground Combat

[Editor’s Note: Army Mad Scientist is pleased to present our latest episode of The Convergence podcast, featuring six subject matter experts (SMEs) discussing their experiences in modern warfare at the “bleeding edge” of battle, the future of conflict, and … Read the rest

November 22, 2021November 19, 2021

368. The Swarm Mother

[Editor’s Note: Last month, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) carried out a successful flight test of a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft deploying several drones, and more importantly, successfully recovering one while in flight. In today’s post, returning … Read the rest

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“THE CONVERGENCE” — Army Mad Scientist Podcasts

Former Undersecretary of the Navy James F. “Hondo” Geurts and Dr. Zachary S. Davis, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Security Research, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, discuss Strategic Latency Unleashed: The Role of Technology in a Revisionist Global Order and the Implications for Special Operations Force and how to think radically about the future, capitalize on talent, and unleash technological convergences to out-compete our adversaries, and when necessary, defeat them decisively in conflict.

COL John Antal (USA-Ret.), author and innovator in the interactive gaming and learning industry, discusses the implications of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, the psychological effects of drone warfare, and the future of maneuver.

COL Scott Shaw, Commander, U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group, discusses the future of ground warfare, including lessons learned from the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in 2020 and the realities of combat for tomorrow’s Soldiers.

Dr. David Kilcullen, bestselling author and expert on unconventional warfare, discusses how the U.S. Army must prepare to engage “Dragons” and “Snakes” as they employ Liminal Warfare and blended cyber-kinetic operations to avoid our conventional warfare dominance.

Mr. Doowan Lee, CEO and co-founder of VAST-OSINT, discusses disinformation, changes over time in approaches to information warfare, and collaboration between Russia and the Chinese Communist Party on information operations.

Click here to listen to other episodes of “The Convergence”