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Defense Secretary Mattis has rare, brief chance for Pentagon reform
In 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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Turning AT&L Reorganization into Technical Advantage
Podcast
Technology 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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Paul Scharre, Ben FitzGerald and Dan Gettinger on The Drone Database
Podcast
CNAS 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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Why the United States Is Losing Its Technological Edge
Earlier 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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Future Foundry: Presentation of a New CNAS Report
By The Honorable William J. Lynn III, The Honorable Sean O'Keefe & Ben FitzGerald
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Latest Trump target: the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program
Another 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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Startups Series: Jackie Space, BMNT Partners
Podcast
Jackie 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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Startups Series: Niloo Razi Howe, RSA
Podcast
Niloo 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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Startups Series: Jim Perkins, Director, Defense Entrepreneurs Forum
Jim 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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Startups Series: Ben Riley
Podcast
Ben 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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Startups Series: Steve Nordlund, Boeing Defense, Space and Security
Podcast
Steve 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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Startups Series: Ted Schlein, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers
Podcast
Ted 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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Startups Series: Nate Fick, Endgame
Podcast
Nate 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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Startups Series: Raj Shah, DIUx
Podcast
Raj 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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Defense Innovation - Between a Rock and a Cliché
By 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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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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Reforming Acquisitions and the Need for Speed
This 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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Opinion: Cybersecurity collaboration needs a toolkit. So we built a prototype
Financial 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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Ben FitzGerald before the Senate Armed Services Committee
Senior Fellow Ben FitzGerald testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the next steps regarding acquisition reform....
By Ben FitzGerald
