The United States cannot afford to fall behind in advancing technologies — like artificial intelligence, quantum computing, hypersonics, biotechnology or autonomous systems — against a near-peer ...

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Sept. 22, 2021. Hicks is responsible for implementing recommendations — if any — from a recent report ...

There’s growing talk about the urgent need for the Pentagon to embrace innovation as it tries to revive its industrial base and reverse our declining defense posture. There’s also talk about the need ...

Most discussions about the Pentagon’s need to move faster tend to focus on the role of senior leadership in advocating for and aggressively pursuing transformational capabilities. That’s true, but ...

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