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The Shahed Playbook: How Iranian and Russian Drone Production Will Disrupt Modern Warfare

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No weapon is more emblematic of the new chapter of drone warfare than the Shahed, an Iran-designed one-way attack (OWA) drone that fundamentally operates as a cheap, easy-to-assemble cruise missile.…

Boots on the Ground: Open-Source Research in Action for Federal Agencies

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Open-source research improves government services, but is it an exaggeration to say open-data also helps federal agencies save lives? We don’t think so. Just look at the COVID-19 pandemic. In…

Cutting Through Information Overload so You Can Make Better Decisions

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When you need to find a key document, the last thing you want to hear from a colleague is, “It’s on the shared drive” or “It’s in SharePoint.” Searching for…

Jordan Can’t Keep Up Its Double Game

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Tesla In the News: Originally published in Foreign Policy on August 23, 2018

Enterprise Services

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Tesla Government hosted a USGIF GEOINTeraction event

Virginia Chamber Unveils 23rd Annual List of Virginia's Fastest Growing Companies – The Fantastic 50

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Tesla Government is named as a Virginia Chamber of Commerce 2018 Virginia Fantastic 50 Winner

When Big Tech Is Not the Answer—Why Small Businesses Get More Done

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Every company wants to be more productive and maximize profit and to do so, many of them use large-scale productivity suites and apps. But what if I told you the…

Beyond Cultural Training: Turkey and the Case for Context

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Military officers deploying abroad and executives conducting activities overseas often receive cultural training designed to help them avoid offending host country nationals and to negotiate effectively with host country counterparts.…

Afghanistan Is Finally Holding Elections—While the Taliban Gobbles Up Territory

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Afghans are set to head to the polls next year to elect a new parliament more than three years after the legislative body’s most recent term expired in 2015. The…

The Geospatial Data Act of 2017: A Necessary Step Forward, with One Major Flaw

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Even the casual observer will likely have noticed a greater prevalence of the words “geospatial” or “GIS” over the past few years, and for good reason. The use of geospatial…

One Clearance to Rule Them All

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Does the process of obtaining a security clearance feel as grueling and unending as Frodo Baggins’s quest to destroy the One Ring of Power? Does the idea of “reciprocity” in…

5 Steps to Stop Information Hoarding and Encourage Collaboration

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“Information sharing” isn’t just a buzzword, it’s a reality for modern-day government operations. However, sharing is difficult. We learned from the 9/11 Commission that the lack of information sharing was…