DSB to discuss counter autonomy, AFSPC, multidomain effects, insider threat

The Defense Science Board will hold its two-day, closed-to-the-public "Fall Quarterly Meeting" next week, with Air Force Space Command as well as task force studies on counter autonomy, multidomain effects and the insider threat among the topics on the agenda.

According to a Federal Register notice published this morning, the Nov. 6 part of the meeting will include a briefing on the findings of the task force looking into "Counter Autonomy" and a vote on its findings and recommendations.

Following that, Mike Griffin and Lisa Porter from the Pentagon's research and engineering shop "will provide a classified brief on their view of the defense challenges and issues the [Defense Department] faces," the notice states.

Board members will then be briefed on the findings of the task force on "Gaming, Exercising, Modeling, and Simulation (GEMS)" and will vote on its recommendations. Following that, the DSB will receive briefings from Air Force Gen. John Raymond, head of Air Force Space Command, and Alan Shaffer from the Pentagon's acquisition and sustainment shop.

The following day, the board will be briefed and vote on the findings and recommendations of the task forces studying "Multi-Domain Effects" and "Strengthening Counter Intelligence Capabilities Against the 'Insider Threat,'" according to the notice.

The meeting will conclude with a briefing from Christopher Scolese, head of the National Reconnaissance Office.