On December 14, Forward Defense senior fellow Steve Grundman joined The Economist’s Money Talks podcast to discuss how increasing demand for different types of weapon systems is changing the defense industry. The conversation focused on how shifting geopolitics and rapidly changing technology is radically reshaping the defense market.
In the early teens of this century, performance and cost continued to be the higher priority for the customer…the change that was afoot and has been accelerated is to elevate the importance of schedule and capacity.
Forward Defense leads the Atlantic Council’s US and global defense programming, developing actionable recommendations for the United States and its allies and partners to compete, innovate, and navigate the rapidly evolving character of warfare. Through its work on US defense policy and force design, the military applications of advanced technology, space security, strategic deterrence, and defense industrial revitalization, it informs the strategies, policies, and capabilities that the United States will need to deter, and, if necessary, prevail in major-power conflict.
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Wed, Apr 12, 2023
Atlantic Council Commission on Defense Innovation Adoption interim report
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The DoD must accelerate defense innovation adoption from the leading edge of the private sector. This report has ten recommendations to do so.
Tue, Jun 21, 2022
Atlantic Council announces new commission to reform the defense innovation ecosystem
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Commission chaired by Secretaries Mark T. Esper and Deborah Lee James to recommend actions for sharpening US defense-industrial edge.
