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US ‘Gets Its Ass Handed To It’ In Wargames: Here’s A $24 Billion Fix

Posted on March 7, 2019

Warships sink. Bases burn. F-35s die on the runway. Can $24 billion a year — 3.3 % of the Pentagon budget — fix the problem?

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DoD To Silicon Valley, VCs: How ‘Bout Some Help!

Posted on December 3, 2014

PENTAGON: For decades the tech gurus of Silicon Valley have pretty much left Pentagon business alone, letting the military stumble along and try to buy their wares within five years of their coming out. Take the story of former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. James “Hoss” Cartwright, hungry for an iPad that could handle classified information. Couldn’t be… Keep reading →