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Strategic Edge: A Blueprint for Breakthroughs in Defense Innovation , January 13 , 2025

January 13, 2025

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From the report: “America’s military and industrial strength to deter and defeat adversaries has eroded to its lowest point in decades. Preventing large-scale conflict demands the immediate mobilization of a national industrial base capable of rapidly producing lethal, software-enabled hardware at scale. The current political, technological, and financial environment offers an opportunity for transformation, but we must act quickly and decisively. Failure to act puts America at near-term risk of fighting — and potentially losing — the next war.”

Authors - Bloomberg, Michael, Berger, David H., Bartok Touw, Kirsten, Brumer, Yisroel, Diller, Nathan, George, Matt, Hinote, Clint

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