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Tag: Innovation

We Took West Point Cadets to (Cyber) War

June 21, 2016
Matt Hutchison, Erick Waage, and Brent Chapman
We Took West Point Cadets to (Cyber) War

Five Costs of Military Innovation

February 18, 2016
Lena Andrews and Julia Macdonald
Five Costs of Military Innovation

Hacking Defense and Iraq’s Controversial Security Groups

February 8, 2016
Steve Blank, Basam Ridha al Hussaini, and Ryan Evans
Hacking Defense and Iraq’s Controversial Security Groups

The U.S. Navy’s Hamlet Problem

November 19, 2015
Michael Junge
The U.S. Navy’s Hamlet Problem

It is Time for the U.S. Military to Innovate Like Insurgents

October 28, 2015
Brent Chapman, Matt Hutchison, and Erick Waage
It is Time for the U.S. Military to Innovate Like Insurgents

Project Vulcan: Special Ops and the Tech Innovation End Game

April 8, 2015
Anthony Davis, James Geurts, Adam Jay Harrison, Jawad Rachami, and Christopher Zember
Project Vulcan: Special Ops and the Tech Innovation End Game

Sick Defense: How to Foster an Affordable, Innovative Defense Industrial Base

March 19, 2015
Ryan Brukardt, Eric Chewning, Lorraine Hammer, John G. McGinn, and Stephen Rodriguez
Sick Defense: How to Foster an Affordable, Innovative Defense Industrial Base

Military Superiority in an Interconnected World

March 9, 2015
Bob Butler and Jim Gosler
Military Superiority in an Interconnected World

A Cold War Legacy: The Decline of Stealth

January 20, 2015
Andrew Metrick
A Cold War Legacy: The Decline of Stealth

A New Defense Innovation Base

August 21, 2014
Adam Jay Harrison, Jawad Rachami, and Christopher Zember
A New Defense Innovation Base

No More Solitude: How To Make DoD the Next Google

August 12, 2014
Adam Jay Harrison and Stephen Rodriguez
No More Solitude: How To Make DoD the Next Google

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