Emerging Defense Technologies Need Funding to Cross ‘The Valley of Death’
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By Robert D. Atkinson
February 15, 2020
Emerging Defense Technologies Need Funding to Cross ‘The Valley of Death’
DoD Photo by MSgt Adrian Cadiz
It has become abundantly clear that the United States faces a robust economic and military competitor in China. In at least one respect, this is a more daunting challenge than America faced in the Cold War because while the former Soviet Union had a strong military, it struggled with a weak economy. In those days, the United States also could rely on specialized defense contractors to provide most of the technologies that the Defense Department needed to maintain military superiority, but that's no longer true. Now, many of the capabilities the country needs for its defense reside in the private sector. It is, therefore, critical to establish better links between the commercial sector and the military.
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