On January 20, Stephen Rodriguez, senior advisor at Forward Defense and director of FD’s Commission on Software-Defined Warfare was a featured guest on the podcast Building the Base, hosted by Hondo Geurts, commissioner on the Commission on Software-Defined Warfare. The episode, entitled “Looking Ahead: National Security in a New Administration with Nadia Schadlow and Stephen Rodriguez,” focused on the need for the Department of Defense to accelerate pathways to adoption of cutting-edge technologies, the crafting of an effective National Security Strategy, and the potential benefits of utilizing innovative technologies to reform the department. The Commission on Software-Defined Warfare’s upcoming final report was highlighted.
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.
Forward Defense’s Commission on Software-Defined Warfare aims to digitally transform the armed forces for success in future battlefields. Comprised of a distinguished group of subject-matter and industry commissioners, the Commission has developed a framework to enhance US and allied forces through emergent digital capabilities.
