Army sets new biodefense plan to counter pandemic, adversary threats
“We have to ensure that a global pandemic or some other health event does not stop us from our ability to project those forces forward,” Lt. Col. Dave Kingery said.
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Biodefense is force protection: Ready today, prepared for tomorrow
A decorated combat aviator and biotech CEO advocates preparing for novel viral threats before the next crisis.
The Army’s Digital Transformation
AI is reshaping the Army’s approach to cyber, electronic warfare and command and control. At TechNet Augusta 2026, leaders outlined how they’re turning emerging technology into capabilities for the battlefield.
Preparing for the next global pandemic: What a recent wargame teaches us
Dan Mahaffee of the Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress lays out lessons learned from a recent pandemic-related war game.
Learning from COVID-19, Pentagon’s Biodefense Council to break down stovepipes
A senior US official said it would be "foolish" to underestimate the number of countries developing defensive or offensive bioprograms.
To fix America’s biodefense strategy, think smaller
Overly broad strategies can confuse everything from prevention to response, for crises in which specificity is key, writes biodefense expert Al Mauroni.
COVID-19: Army Tries Prizes To Get Ventilator Tech ASAP
The Army’s annual xTechSearch contest is all about rapidly developing innovative ideas from smaller companies. But can they find, fund, and build a low-cost ventilator in time to combat the coronavirus?
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Why Bigger Fences Aren’t Enough in the Age of Drones
Traditional thinking about how to protect facilities must adapt to new threats such as drones or downstream attacks.
Bio-Weapons Crusader Calls For Tighter Research Oversight
WASHINGTON: One of the grand old men of biodefense, Dr. Matthew Meselson, left his Harvard lab and came to Washington to call for greater international cooperation in monitoring new diseases, whether they arise in the wild or in the lab. The Department of Homeland Security’s process for reviewing potentially dangerous research, he said at an […]