The NPS Meyer Scholars are expanding the popular Meyer Week of recent years to Meyer Month in honor of the Father of AEGIS and NPS Hall of Fame member Rear Admiral Wayne E. Meyer.  The AEGIS Combat System is the world’s most sophisticated naval combat system and there are almost 200 AEGIS combat systems operating in the navies of the world. Meyer Month seminars will feature world-class combat systems experts explaining the how and why of combat systems NPS grads will be using after graduation.

Date & Time: Meyer Month seminars will be held throughout the month of April at 1200, Monday – Thursday in accordance with the schedule here.

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NPS and the Naval Submarine League (NSL) welcome Rear Admiral Mark Behning USN, Director, Undersea Warfare Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, N97 as guest speaker for the 125th Submarine Birthday Ball. This event is hosted by the Northern California Chapter of the Naval Submarine League (NSL) whose mission is Promoting the Importance of the Undersea to the National Defense. Please join us for a formal affair with remembrance, fellowship, dinner, dancing, and celebration.

We thank the NPS Foundation and Alumni Association for a generous donation that helps underwrite this event.

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Title: Brakes Make Trains Go Faster (and Other Lessons from Safety for Advancing Capabilities)

Making advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence or autonomous platforms, safe for effective and ethical use is an urgent challenge. Rather than thinking of safety as a barrier to overcome, understanding the limits of when a tool is useful and will perform as expected creates the conditions by which it can be used. History holds many tales of technology not reaching its potential because operators or organizations were unable to trust it. Investing in safety can enhance trust and thus drive usage; for example, the development of coordinated air brakes for trains in the late 1860s led to increased speeds, better service, and a wider base of passengers. But what is safety for AI systems? Traditional safety analysis relates the conditions of a use case to the behavior of a system, but AI methods apply when we do not have full behavioral specifications to work from, relying on implied and not explicit specifications. Safety requires assurance arguments, positive claims that the system will function as intended in a use case while avoiding defined undesired behaviors.

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Spring Naval AI Summit at NPS
Date: May 5, 2025 to May 8, 2025
Location: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA

The Naval AI Summit is an important component of the NAVPLAN Implementation Framework, and it will gather AI experts representing the Navy, other military services, defense organizations, stakeholders, students, academic scholars, AI experts, and even some industry pioneers. The goal is to discuss how AI can transform naval capabilities and tackle current maritime challenges. The event will provide a platform for learning about DOD, USN, and USMC platforms and processes for AI systems, for exchanging experiences and ideas regarding practical AI, and for discussing some of the most influential advancements in AI technology for naval applications. Register on our website.

If you have any questions, please email nwsi@nps.edu.

Fact Sheet: Consortium for Artificial Intelligence in Military Applications and National Security (CAIMANS)

We are thrilled to invite you to attend the Interactive Virtual “Creating Synergy for Informed Change: Transitioning Technology to the Warfighter, NPS 22^nd Annual Acquisition Research Symposium and Innovation Summit”, taking place on May 7-8, 2025. This prestigious event is proudly sponsored by the Acquisition Research Program, Department of Defense Management, and the Naval Warfare Studies Institute at the Naval Postgraduate School, along with the Naval Postgraduate School Foundation.

In an era of budget constraints and rapid technological advancements, it is crucial for defense acquisition to keep pace and adapt to meet current and future challenges.

This free, unclassified DoD-sponsored event will feature leading experts discussing critical topics in defense acquisition and innovation, including transitioning technology, agile processes, industrial base strengthening, continuous innovation and more.

The urgency around acquisition reform is higher than ever, and the field is evolving rapidly. Join this important conversation about the present and future of defense acquisition and innovation to transition technology to the warfighter more quickly.

For more information or to register please visit: www.researchsymposium.com.

Note: Attendance is limited to the first 500 individuals who register. No registration fee will be charged.

If you know someone who might also like to attend, please forward the invitation.

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The JIFX team leads experimentation in alternative methods to enable rapid technological development by cultivating a community of interest and hosting broadly scoped quarterly collaborative field events that enable DOD, U.S. government, and allied stakeholders to identify, influence, and accelerate early-stage technology development that address national and collective security challenges.

The JIFX program exists to provide an opportunity for NPS faculty, students, private companies, and academia to demonstrate and evaluate new technologies related to the Department of the Navy and the Department of Defense research in an operational field environment, and also to provide the operational community the opportunity to experiment with these technologies to better understand the capabilities that they may represent.

"The NPS International Alumni Symposium : The Americas" is an opportunity for our North, Central, and South American Alumni to reconnect with fellow graduates, learn about cutting edge NPS programs, and share and expand their understanding of regional dynamics.

•    Keynote remarks by senior leaders will be followed by expert academic and practitioner panel sessions, that encourage life-long learning in the fields of academic research, technological innovation, and strategic studies.
•    The program provides opportunities to develop and sustain relationships among the NPS alumni attendees, as well as offering continued exposure to U.S. military and government institutions, and those of our partner and allied nations.
•    A concurrent spouses’ program and cultural programming offered through the Naval Postgraduate School Foundation and Alumni Association.

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•    US Alumni are welcome to apply; however, if accepted, they must fund their own participation.
•    Learn more International Graduate Programs at NPS: https://nps.edu/web/igpo

The MOVES Institute will virtually host the 2025 Defense Modeling Virtual Environments and Simulation Summit. The event will be held June 3-5, 2025. This event was previously known at "The MOVES Open House."

We are currently working on the agenda but expect to hear talks by leaders in DoD modeling and simulation, updates on MOVES research projects, presentations and demos by our students, and discussions on other M&S topics.

There is no charge for the event. To get updates as we complete the agenda, please register for the event here.

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The JIFX team leads experimentation in alternative methods to enable rapid technological development by cultivating a community of interest and hosting broadly scoped quarterly collaborative field events that enable DOD, U.S. government, and allied stakeholders to identify, influence, and accelerate early-stage technology development that address national and collective security challenges.

The JIFX program exists to provide an opportunity for NPS faculty, students, private companies, and academia to demonstrate and evaluate new technologies related to the Department of the Navy and the Department of Defense research in an operational field environment, and also to provide the operational community the opportunity to experiment with these technologies to better understand the capabilities that they may represent.