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UW–Madison welcomes NRO

The University of Wisconsin–Madison and Wisconsin Security Research Consortium (WSRC) hosted research leaders from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on March 12, 2024. NRO develops, acquires, launches, and operates space-based assets and ground systems. NRO systems address the nation’s toughest intelligence challenges, providing information and perspectives unavailable from other sources. These platforms are also used […]

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WSRC welcomes Maj Gen (ret) Tim Zadalis to Board of Advisors

Maj Gen (ret) Tim Zadalis The Wisconsin Security Research Consortium is pleased to welcome Maj Gen (ret) Tim Zadalis to its Board of Advisors. General Zadalis will support national security initiatives and U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force partnerships at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. General Zadalis now resides in Wisconsin and brings over 40 […]

Partnering with Defense and Intelligence Agencies: Campus perspectives

UW-Madison contributes to advances in intelligence, security, and national defense through research, education, and technology commercialization. Opportunities are available for faculty, staff and students in areas as diverse as biomedicine, computer science, information technology, social sciences, languages/cultures, engineering, and more. Join a diverse group of campus leaders with extensive experience in partnering across a range […]

Ackerman to lead UW–Madison’s research and graduate education

Steve Ackerman will serve as the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s next vice chancellor for research and graduate education. He was named today by Chancellor Rebecca Blank. “I am extremely happy,” Ackerman says. “Serving as the vice chancellor for research and graduate education is a great opportunity to help support research across campus, nurture graduate students, and […]

2019 “Targeting U.S. Technologies” report now available

The DCSA Counterintelligence annual report, “Targeting U.S. Technologies: A Report of Foreign Targeting of Cleared Industry,” is now available. This product details and enumerates cleared industry’s reporting of suspicious contact reports that represent potential foreign intelligence entities attempts to illicitly acquire U.S. technologies resident in cleared industry. Read the report.

Pentagon focuses on research, cyber in 2021 budget request

The Defense Department wants to put more than $106 billion into research and development efforts, according to its 2021 budget request. “Last year’s budget was the largest [research, development test and evaluation] request in 70 years. And this year’s research request is even larger,” Deputy Secretary of Defense David L. Norquist said. Read more.

Defense firms cash in on an ‘unprecedented’ wave of classified spending

Some of the Washington area’s biggest defense contractors are making more money than ever from classified military and intelligence programs, top executives told investors this week, as competition with China and Russia drives a wave of secret spending one analyst called “unprecedented in recent history.” Read more.