Emerging Tech Horizons
ETI provides research and analyses to inform the development and integration of emerging technologies into the defense industrial base. This podcast will feature topics and speakers focusing on emerging technologies.
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Special Edition: Multi-Agent AI and Human-AI Teaming (opens the original)
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In this special edition of Emerging Tech Horizons, recorded live from the Emerging Technologies Conference in Washington, DC, Mark Lewis speaks with Sarah Starr, a PhD student in Systems Engineering at George Washington University and an Army Reserve officer.They discuss the challenges of testing and evaluating multi-agent AI systems, the importance of appropriate human reliance and oversight, and how human-AI teaming could evolve as AI systems become more capable and complex. Sarah also shares
Securing Critical Minerals: Building a Strategic Reserve for U.S. Industry (opens the original)
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Critical minerals form the foundation of modern defense and commercial technologies, from fighter aircraft and missile systems to satellites, batteries, and advanced electronics. As global supply chains remain vulnerable to disruption and critical mineral processing remains concentrated overseas, securing reliable access to these materials has become an increasingly important challenge for the U.S. industrial base. In this episode of Emerging Tech Horizons, Dr. Arun Seraphin speaks with Brett La
Modernizing Shipbuilding: Technology, Innovation, and the Future of the Maritime Industrial Base (opens the original)
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Emerging technology is reshaping how ships are designed, built, maintained, and sustained across the U.S. maritime industrial base. As the U.S. Navy works to modernize its fleet and increase shipbuilding production , shipbuilders are turning to digital engineering, advanced manufacturing, robotics, automation, artificial intelligence (AI), and new approaches to acquisition and workforce development to deliver more capable ships faster and more efficiently. In this episode of Emerging Tech Horizo
The Future of Unmanned Systems: Scaling Drone Autonomy for Defense (opens the original)
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Emerging technology is rapidly transforming unmanned systems, aviation, and defense operations. As autonomous technologies evolve from prototypes into systems that can be produced and deployed at scale, industry is rethinking how these platforms are designed, manufactured, and integrated into next-generation defense technology and mission capabilities. In this episode of Emerging Tech Horizons , Dr. Arun Seraphin speaks with Paul Fermo, President of Robinson Unmanned, a recently introduced busin
Turning Emerging Technology Into Capability: ETC 2026 Preview (opens the original)
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That challenge is at the center of the 2026 Emerging Technologies for Defense Conference & Exhibition (ETC) , taking place September 8–10 in Washington, D.C. In this special episode of Emerging Tech Horizons , NDIA's Jen Walsh, Director of Divisions, and Rachel Sutherland, Director of Public Relations and Communications, provide a preview of what attendees can expect at this year's conference. From senior Department of Defense leadership and combatant commands to industry innovators, engineers,
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