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Hacking the Defense Industry

September 10, 2015
Hacking the Defense Industry
Hacking the Defense Industry

Hacking the Defense Industry

Stephen Rodriguez, Paul Scharre, Sam Zega, and Ryan Evans
September 10, 2015

Is the American defense industry ready for what is coming next? Can it adapt, survive, and thrive in an era of paradigm-changing new technologies? Can the industry maintain America’s military superiority in the face of the U.S. government’s stifling contracting regulations? What can the U.S. government and the defense industry learn from Silicon Valley? We brought together three experts – Stephen Rodriguez, Sam Zega, and Paul Scharre – the talk about how we can hack the defense industry.

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