How to mitigate the threat of industrial base consolidation
Originally posted on Federal News Network. The Defense Department recently released a report, State of Competition in the Defense Industrial Base, which came to the bold conclusion that consolidation in the defense industrial market is a national security threat. The threat being that less competition means less innovation and the risk of falling behind other countries. […]
Want To Scale Innovation at the DOD? Strengthen the SBIR Program.
As published in Next Gov. Though a popular option for startups, the Small Business Innovation Research program still faces a valley of death challenge from pilot to program of record. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s recent remarks at the Reagan National Defense Forum made it clear he intends to drive the DOD to ramp […]