Why Defense Could Now Be a Market for Startups

Published: May 21, 2021, 3:45 a.m.

b'The U.S. Department of Defense is coming to grips with the idea that the technologies it needs to keep the country safe and secure are no longer exclusively owned by the military or its prime contractors. AI, machine learning, autonomy, cyber, quantum, access to space, semiconductors, biotech are all being driven by commercial companies. At the front-end of these innovations are startups \\u2013 organizations the Department of Defense hasn\\u2019t previously dealt with at scale.\\n\\nThey\\u2019re now learning how.'