Each program is independent. Each is scoped to a distinct decision the National Security Enterprise has to make. All four draw on the same engine: aggregation across the labs, translation across the public–private gap, and synthesis for the field.
Research programs
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Lab-facing · Cross-lab synthesisPartnership with frontier labs to secure American AI capability against co-option, theft, and adversarial exploitation. Threat-modeling, hardening recommendations, and structured engagement with the labs producing the systems the NSE will field. Aggregates findings across labs that cannot legally share with one another — with attribution on our partners' terms.
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Pentagon-facingA framework for evaluating frontier models against specific national security use cases. Oriented to the Pentagon's acquisition and T&E processes; scoped to the timelines program offices operate on.
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Greenfield researchFoundational work on how frontier AI shapes strategic equilibrium between nuclear powers. The first sustained research program on AI in the deterrence equation.
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Federal cohortCurriculum, structured war games, and closed-door convenings to close the AI knowledge gap inside the National Security Enterprise. Includes a week-long certification for federal policymakers, co-developed with higher education leaders on AI policy.
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For Hill staff, DoD program offices, IC partners, allied institutions, and frontier labs — we work directly with the people closest to the decisions our research informs.