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Technology & National Security
Defense Secretary Mattis has rare, brief chance for Pentagon reformIn a few days, the Pentagon will submit an interim report to Congress in response to the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) providing an update on Secretary James ...
By Ben FitzGerald, Alexandra Sander & Madeline Christian
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Technology & National Security
Turning AT&L Reorganization into Technical AdvantageTechnology and national security experts Ben FitzGerald and Alexandra Sander discuss a new report recommending the DoD leverage organizational reforms to drive military-techni...
By Ben FitzGerald, Alexandra Sander & Neal Urwitz
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Paul Scharre, Ben FitzGerald and Dan Gettinger on The Drone DatabaseCNAS senior fellows Ben FitzGerald and Paul Scharre were joined by Dan Gettinger, founder and co-director of the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College, to discuss ...
By Paul Scharre, Ben FitzGerald & Neal Urwitz
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Technology & National Security
Why the United States Is Losing Its Technological EdgeEarlier this month, President-elect Donald Trump drew headlines for his criticism of two major defense programs, the Air Force One replacement and the Joint Strike Fighter (F-...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Technology & National Security
Future Foundry: Presentation of a New CNAS ReportBy The Honorable William J. Lynn III, The Honorable Sean O'Keefe & Ben FitzGerald
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Technology & National Security
Latest Trump target: the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programAnother day, another market-moving tweet from the future President of the United States. This time the target was defense contractor Lockheed Martin, and its F-35 Joint Strike...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Podcast
Technology & National Security
Startups Series: Jackie Space, BMNT PartnersJackie Space, Partner at BMNT Partners, explores DOD’s current focus on Silicon Valley and national security startups and offers advice to entrepreneurs in the domain....
By Ben FitzGerald & Jackie Space
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Technology & National Security
Startups Series: Niloo Razi Howe, RSANiloo Razi Howe, Chief Strategy Officer at RSA, explores the potential and challenges for national security startups from her varied experiences as a management consultant, ve...
By Ben FitzGerald & Niloo Razi Howe
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Technology & National Security
Startups Series: Jim Perkins, Director, Defense Entrepreneurs ForumJim Perkins, an active duty Army officer and the Director of the Defense Entrepreneurs Forum, discusses DEF, the ways in which it supports defense entrepreneurs and intraprene...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Technology & National Security
Startups Series: Ben RileyBen Riley, former Principal Deputy Secretary of Defense for the Rapid Fielding Directorate, describes his experiences funding and working with startups from inside the Pentago...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Technology & National Security
Startups Series: Steve Nordlund, Boeing Defense, Space and SecuritySteve Nordlund, Vice President, Strategy for Boeing Defense, Space and Security, tells the story of Insitu, the startup responsible for the ScanEagle drone, it’s collaboration...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Technology & National Security
Startups Series: Ted Schlein, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & ByersTed Schlein, Partner at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, talks cybersecurity, his experience collaborating with the DoD, and differences in valuations b...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Technology & National Security
Startups Series: Nate Fick, EndgameNate Fick, CEO of cybersecurity company Endgame and former CEO at CNAS, discusses the cybersecurity market, running a venture backed startup, and ways in which the DoD provide...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Technology & National Security
Startups Series: Raj Shah, DIUxRaj Shah, managing partner at Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx), explains why the DoD is focused on partnering with startups, challenges for collaboration, and how t...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Technology & National Security
Defense Innovation - Between a Rock and a ClichéBy Ben FitzGerald
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Time for Twitter to grow up: Column
Twitter recently barred Dataminr, a business partner of Twitter in which the social media company also holds a 5% stake, from providing its technology to the United States int...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program
The DIUx Is Dead. Long Live The DIUx.Defense Secretary Ash Carter launched his high-profile Silicon Valley outpost a year ago to great fanfare and high expectations. Less than a year later, he has completely over...
By Ben FitzGerald & Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Technology & National Security
Reforming Acquisitions and the Need for SpeedThis month, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, unveiled new acquisition reform legislation. The draft stand-alone bill is noteworthy from a ...
By Alexandra Sander, Ben FitzGerald & Jacqueline Parziale
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Technology & National Security
Opinion: Cybersecurity collaboration needs a toolkit. So we built a prototypeFinancial sector institutions from the US and Britain tested their cybersecurity cooperation last month in a joint exercise, dubbed operation Resilient Shield. The table-top e...
By Alexandra Sander & Ben FitzGerald
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Technology & National Security
Ben FitzGerald before the Senate Armed Services CommitteeSenior Fellow Ben FitzGerald testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the next steps regarding acquisition reform....
By Ben FitzGerald
