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![Defense innovation industry white paper](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/09/KAL-Capital-White-paper-cover-image-225x150.png)
Key observations from the evolving defense innovation ecosystem, including new programs and private market deal dynamics.
By KAL Capital Markets![US risks ‘weakness and dependence’ as it falls behind China in tech race: Report](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/05/230509_DVIDS_computer_group_1398042-scaled-e1683669061970-225x150.jpg)
Data analytics firm Govini noted widespread investment in most of 12 top critical national security technologies, but said stats on patents are a troubling indicator of Beijing’s tech rise.
By Jaspreet Gill![US gets an ‘F’ for erratic, unfocused funding of defense innovation, says Reagan Foundation](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2021/12/6705470-scaled-e1678827282975-225x150.jpg)
A ponderous budget process, overspending on old tech, and chronically late appropriations hamstring the Pentagon’s ability to tap into private-sector innovation, according to the foundation’s new scorecard.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.![China outpacing US in critical tech research ‘should be a wake up call’: report](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/05/220526_china_cyber_matrix_GettyImages-1327354591-scaled-e1678133770925-225x150.jpg)
In a new report, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute says China is outpacing the US in 37 out of 44 critical technology research areas.
By Jaspreet Gill![Regulate military use of emerging tech before ‘Armageddon,’ new report urges](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/01/230124_afrl_leidos_hypersonic-225x150.png)
A new report from the Arms Control Association warns that without adopting such measures, “cutting-edge technologies will be converted into military systems at an ever-increasing tempo, and the dangers to world security will grow apace.”
By Jaspreet Gill![Army accelerating Project Convergence tech with industry ‘gateway’](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/08/5756374-1-scaled-e1665500894676-225x150.jpg)
The Army needs to “put a timeline to allow our industry partners to see where our gaps may be, use their technology and their understanding to develop potential solutions and then bring them out,” Brig. Gen. Guy Jones, deputy director and chief of staff of Army Futures Command’s Futures and Concepts Center, said.
By Jaspreet Gill![The health of the Defense Industrial Base is failing, trade group says](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2021/11/210503-F-F3456-1010-e1637180515957-225x150.jpg)
That conclusion is part of the National Defense Industrial Association’s third annual Vital Signs 2022 report, which offers an analysis of the US’s defense industrial base.
By Jaspreet Gill![Tech Innovation, Spectrum Strategy Among House Markup Priorities](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2019/07/capitolhill-225x150.jpeg)
The markup comes at a pivotal moment for the US as it intensifies competition — while seeking to avoid conflict — with China, in particular, which senior department officials refer to as the US’s “pacing threat.”
By Brad D. Williams![China Bill Doubles DARPA’s Budget, Adds $52B For US Chips](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2019/07/capitolhill-225x150.jpeg)
“This is a strong start,” Sen. Sasse said of the 2,400-page, $250 billion legislation designed to bolster the US in its competition with China.
By Brad D. Williams![DISA Seeks Encryption That Quantum Computers Can’t Break](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2019/05/Quantum-computing-image-from-DARPA-225x150.jpg)
DISA will use OTA contracting to develop an encryption model that can’t be broken by quantum computers.
By Barry Rosenberg