“Laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times.” – Thomas Jefferson, 1816   Over the past half-decade, the Defense Department has instituted a series of defense acquisition changes to break down the barriers that separate warfighters from “nontraditional” commercially-focused companies. While privately owned Chinese technology companies are eager to sell to their country’s military forces, the situation in … Continue reading Solutions, Garbage Cans, and Platforms: How to Drive Commercial Solutions into the Military