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CASI Quarterly Update #2 for 2024

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Friends of CASI,
            A Happy 4th of July to you all.  Let’s celebrate living in a free and democratic country!

It has been another busy quarter for CASI as we continue to grow and develop.  Read about all we have been up to, and, as always, let  us know what we can do to help you in your mission.

 

Personnel:

            Lots of changes afoot at CASI. 

            Dr. Kevin Pollpeter is our new Director of Research.  Dr. Pollpeter comes to us with decades of experience, in fact most of you probably already know him, or his name, he has done several reports for CASI over the years.  Kevin joins us from CNA, and before that UCSD, RAND, and lots of China experiences before that.  Best of all, Kevin is a fellow Marine, so now at least someone in the office speaks my language. 

Dr. Steve Smith is our inaugural Director of Warfighter Engagement.  Dr. Smith (formerly known as Col Smith), comes to us from his last assignment as U.S. Air Attache to the People’s Republic of China, Beijing.  Dr. Smith also has had a long career studying China, not the least of which was as an Olmsted Scholar at this place called Fudan University in Shanghai.  Dr. Smith will be in charge of our outreach and warfighter support, so please feel free to fill up his inbox.

            Our inaugural class of CASI Fellows, Maj Jason Rimmelin (who was just selected for promotion to Lt Col) and Maj Josh Campbell have successfully completed their fellowship and are on to their next adventure.  Jason is moving closer to get a better look at the PLA from the beaches of Hawaii, while Josh opted for yet more reading (he is a glutton) and will be at SAIS for the Secretary of Defense’s “Strategic Thinkers” program.  The 2nd class of CASI Fellows will show up this summer in time for the next update, so be sure to check back for their intros.

            MSgt Salisbury did a great job for us for three full years, but has now PCSd to Hawaii to start his next assignment.  Never fear, we still offer the same “publications for all our friends” deal, so check out the website for ordering.  We have two inbound Senior Enlisted Leaders who will join CASI later this summer as well, one at Maxwell and one at McNair.

            Ms. Qi Xiaoke joined us in April and jumped in with both feet.  She is a Captain in the Army Reserve, and comes to us with a research and analysis background.  She is already helping make our PLA Fundamentals Course better.  And speaking of that…….

           

CASI’s Fundamentals of the PLA Course:

We continue to have great interest in, and turn out for, our Fundamentals of the PLA Course.  This quarter we held a course at NDU, and we conducted Mobile Training Teams to NGA, Peterson Space Force Base, and Tinker Air Force Base.

The next in-house course will be 27-29 Aug at National Defense University.  If you are interested in attending that course, please sign up at:

https://forms.office.com/r/FAjR3av0fX

If you are interested in attending a future course, please sign up using the link: https://forms.office.com/r/A5UaLWXuuz

If you are interested in hosting a mobile training team version of the three-day course, please let us know and we will find open space on the calendar to work with.

The course is free and open to all DoD and U.S. government employees, Allies, as well as civilian contractors working for the DoD.  There is no requirement for a security clearance. 

 

CASI Conference 2024:

The biennial CASI Conference was a great success, with panels on the Information Domain, PLA views on unmanned systems, China’s space surveillance capabilities, and we got to hear from our Allies from Australia, Japan, and the U.K. on how they were thinking about great power competition, the Indo-Pacific, and what the U.S. can do to improve interoperability. 

You can look for the CASI Conference 2024 conference papers to come out over the next several weeks, so that even if you missed the conference in person, you can still learn about all of the interesting information we discussed.

 

 

Recent Publications

  1. Chang Guang Satellite Technology Company overview
  2. The PLA Navy Coastal Defense Missile Force
  3. Hypersonics Research Collaboration Between the United States and the PRC
  4. The PLA’s New Information Support Force
  5. Status of the 41st Aviation Brigade transition to the J-20
  6. Army Fuel Keeps Air Force Aircraft Flying
  7. To Be More Precise: BEIDOU, GPS, and the Emerging Competition in Satellite-Based PNT
  8. China’s Space Capability and What This Means for the West

 

CASI is pleased to offer hard copies of CASI full reports for free.  Please see our website at: https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/CASI/CASI-Publications/ 
for the full list and for the order form.  Please note- most of the articles and short reports are available in PDF only.


CASI’s “In Their Own Words” – Translations of PRC materials

  1. ITOW: Air Force Tactical Logistics
  2. ITOW: Hypersonic Vehicle Technology

 

 

Support to the Warfighter

  1. Supported the Space Force Association’s Space Warfighter Talks video series
  2. Briefed USSF Del 7, 9, 11, 319th CTS, and 533 TRS.
  3. Briefed Pentagon JS J5 team, Joint Space Team, NSC Space Policy Director, ODNI NIO for Space, and DoC
  4. Presented at IDA STPI
  5. Presented at Human to Mars 2024
  6. Briefed NGA’s conference
  7. Participated in a wargame with the Japanese Self-Defense Forces’ Joint Staff Office
  8. Featured speaker at U.S. Air Force Academy’s Strategy and Warfare conference
  9. Supported Marine Corps Strategic Assessment team
  10. Held meetings with the Army AI Center
  11. Hosted DoD China Centers Summit
  12. Served as Red Team for USAF Title X wargame
  13. Presented at USMC China Way of War course
  14. Supported DAF Chief Scientist “Sinology” project
  15. Participated in JSOU CGO OPD Event
  16. Briefed at ODNI
  17. Supported AFDW Commander’s event

 

Education

  1. Spoke at AU AI Symposium
  2. Lecturer at Foreign Service Institute
  3. Featured lecture at USSF Vosler SNCO Academy
  4. Featured presenter at Combined Forces Air Component Commander course
  5. Multiple lectures at Air Command and Staff College
  6. Feature speaker for Senior Joint Information Officer Applications Course
  7. SLC Brief at JBSA
  8. Speaker at Maxwell AI Conference
  9. Presenter for Eaker Ctr PFMC course
  10. Presented for AU/A1 Prof Dev
  11. Presented AWC (Reserve) Brief
  12. Delivered Andrews AFB ANG SNCO Brief
  13. Presented ACSC (Reserve) Brief

 

 Engagement and Outreach
     In addition to providing support to the Department of the Air Force staff, CASI has had another busy quarter supporting the USAF and the DoD, as well as our allies, partners, and friends. CASI:

  1. Interviewed by the Yomiuri Shimbun about the H-20
  2. Interviewed by Defense News on the disbanding of the SSF and stand up of ISF
  3. Interviewed by Economic Times on changes to SSF
  4. Interviewed by Defense News on China’s 6th Generation Fighter
  5. Participant in the Cognitive Dominance Workshop in Stockholm hosted by Sweden Defense University
  6. Met with USCC and aided their report on China
  7. Supported NATO SACT strategic game
  8. Presented at the Atlanta Council on International Relations Keynote in Atlanta
  9. Attended Military Cyber Professional Association annual  HammerCon
  10. Met with Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments  
  11. Visited the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force’s Aerospace Studies Institute  
  12. Held discussions with the National Air and Space Intelligence Center
  13. Speaker at Air University International Alumni of Distinction Seminar
  14. Held meetings with Japanese Air and Space Self Defense Force Chief of Staff
  15. Featured speaker at international Space Situational Awareness Conference
  16. Briefed 5-Eye partners on PLA developments
  17. Held meetings with JASDF delegation
  18. Featured presenter at Royal Aeronautical Society’s Future Combat Aircraft symposium
  19. Held meetings with UK MOD
  20. Met with scholars and researchers at International Institute for Strategic Studies
  21. Featured speaker at Future Military Space conference
  22. Met with Hoover Institution to discuss use of large language models in intelligence and wargaming
  23. Supported Freeman Air and Space Institute projects
  24. Panelist at INDOPACOM’s PLA Conference
  25. Featured guest on Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast- China Patterns
  26. Supported Japan MOD wargame series
  27. Participated in The American Academy for Strategic Education China Course
  28. Featured speaker at Military Satellite Communications conference
  29. Interviewed for Defense One article China's satellites are dodging US eyes in space

 

 

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