
Katie Arrington: Connecting tech reform to the warfighter mission
When Katie Arrington was named to her role performing the duties of the CIO for the Department of Defense, which the Trump administration is now calling the Department of War, she took that charge ser...
6 Okt 202551min

Tara Murphy Dougherty: Hesitation loses wars — Why the DOD needs a new tech playbook
Despite dramatic advance in AI and compute power, the Pentagon still largely operates as an organization driven by spreadsheets and PowerPoint. To become a truly data-centric force, the U.S. military ...
29 Sep 202549min

Josh Stiefel: The independent cyber force debate
The debate rages on — and it's coming to a head. Does the U.S. military need an independent cyber force? Or should the services retain their own cyber organizations with specialization in the domains ...
22 Sep 202548min

How startup speed and private-sector risk-taking could reshape defense
Can venture capital unlock the Pentagon’s innovation problem? Alex Harstrick of J2 Ventures, an Army reservist and former leader of the Defense Innovation Unit's National Security Innovation Capital t...
14 Sep 202550min

Radha Plumb: What's next for the Pentagon's AI office
After a more than three year stint in various roles across the Pentagon, Radha Plumb was appointed as Chief Digital and AI Officer in April 2024, a position she served in until the end of the Biden ad...
8 Sep 202531min

Lt. Gen. Clint Hinote: Why the Pentagon can't move fast enough
The U.S. Department of Defense knows what it faces in modern adversaries like China and Russia. Yet, the joint forces are more focused on building PowerPoints instead of power projection. As the deput...
25 Aug 202552min

Shyam Sankar: Inside Palantir's Vision to Transform U.S. Defense
Palantir has emerged over the decade as a unicorn in the defense and national security space, leveraging its innovative roots to disrupt the legacy defense industrial base. As CTO and employee #13, Sh...
18 Aug 202552min

Katharine Kelley: Why DOD’s HR Revolution Might Start in Space
As the leader of human capital for the U.S. Space Force, Katharine Kelley is on the frontlines of creating the workforce of the future for the military’s newest service. That effort could serve as a l...
11 Aug 202545min



















