Jennifer McArdle

Adjunct Senior Fellow, Defense Program

Joint Special Operations University and Helsing AI

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Dr. Jennifer McArdle is an Adjunct Senior Fellow in the Defense Program and wargaming lab at CNAS. She also holds affiliations at the Joint Special Operations University and Helsing AI, Europe's largest VC-backed defense and AI company. Jennifer previously led futures and research at CAE USA and Improbable USA, respectively, helping both firms develop novel capabilities and break into new US markets. Her present research focuses on military readiness and defense technical innovation. Jennifer's work has been featured in the Economist, National Defense Magazine, and War on the Rocks, among other outlets.

A former professor, Dr. McArdle has served on Congressman Langevin’s cyber advisory committee and as an expert member of a NATO technical group that developed cyber effects for the military alliance’s campaign simulations. She has also held positions at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the U.S. National Defense University, in addition to working in New Delhi, India at two defense research institutions.

Jennifer holds a Ph.D. from King’s College London in War Studies, is the recipient of the RADM Fred Lewis (I/ITSEC) doctoral scholarship in modeling and simulation, and is a certified modeling and simulation professional (CMSP). She is a term member with the Council on Foreign Relations and was named an official "Mad Scientist" by the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command.

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