Scaling Breakthrough Technologies to Accelerate Defense Innovation in a Rapidly Shifting Landscape

  • Leveraging the broader Aerospace and Defense Innovation ecosystem: Engaging startups, small businesses, and dual-use investors beyond the traditional academia-government-industry trilateral partnerships
  • Enabling agile innovation environments: Applying lessons from conflicts like the one in Ukraine to achieve a faster, safer, and more effective response to emerging threats and operational needs
  • Focusing on strategic investments: Aligning CRAD, IRAD, and private funding with national security priorities, technology timelines, and viable commercialization paths
  • Harnessing Digital Engineering: Boosting lifecycle efficiency and reduce costs while delivering mission-ready, user-focused solutions

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