However, an Army spokesperson tells Breaking Defense the service does not believe it is fully banned from all future events, and did not rule out the possibly of attending SXSW in some capacity next year.
By Aaron Mehta and Ashley RoqueTop defense insights from 2024
A curated look at standout opinions and analysis covering topics like uncrewed systems, NATO partnerships, US-Saudi defense dynamics, and evolving warfare strategies, spotlighting key issues shaping the global defense landscape.
Gen. Micael Byden, Supreme Ccmmander of Sweden’s military, sat down with Breaking Defense during a recent visit to Washington.
By Aaron Mehta
“If we are to meet the innovation goals of the NDS, we must incentivize the primes to move beyond the short-term partnership model and encourage them to form more holistic relationships with promising early-stage companies, including investment into operating businesses,” writes Chip Walter.
By Chip Walter
“DoD, through its neglect, is turning its back on the disruptive opportunities from the commercial and non-traditional innovation sector,” warns Bill Greenwalt of AEI.
By Bill Greenwalt
“Since this is done in a virtualized environment that is hosted up in the cloud through DoD, it is very, very, very secure… We’re pretty excited about this and it’s taken us a while to get to this point, both from a policy perspective and from a building out of the environment [perspective], but we are right on the cusp of implementation,” Lt. Gen. John Morrison said.
By Jaspreet Gill
“Expanding the use of wearable technology in the DoD could have positive implications for both military capability and general health research,” write Gabe Arrington and Christopher Mulder.
By Gabe S. Arrington and Christopher P. Mulder
Integrating commercial off-the-shelf computing on military platforms and how to make it work
The systems may be off-the-shelf, but the packaging for integration on vehicles and ships provides cradle-to-grave resiliency.
The man charged with innovation at the Pentagon tells Breaking Defense in an exclusive interview that his office suffered from a “benign neglect” from Pentagon leadership when it came to funding.
By Aaron Mehta
DoD needs to lower the barriers to larger defense market opportunities that go beyond R&D, extending into the full lifecycle of defense systems, argues Christopher Zember.
By Christopher Zember
“Delivering greater access, clarity, and confidence to commercial companies would dramatically improve companies’ ability to participate in the federal market, and thereby significantly strengthen America’s defense readiness,” write Jeff Decker and Noah Sheinbaum in this op-ed.
By Jeff Decker and Noah Sheinbaum