On August 21, Stephen Rodriguez, senior advisor at Forward Defense and director of FD’s Commission on Software-Defined Warfare, interviewed with Applied Intuition Defense at the Nexus 24 symposium. Rodriguez spoke on challenges and innovations in the defense technology sector, including on public-private sector relations, investment, and business practices. He also addressed his work on FD’s Commission on Software-Defined Warfare and the relevance of its work for the future defense capabilities.

Forward Defense develops and shapes policy solutions that build US military power to deter war and secure the future.

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.