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US Defense Secretary Mulls Rapid Grants For Tech Companies
itwbennett writes: The push for greater cooperation with tech companies has been a big theme for the DOD in the last year, but many big tech companies so far have been wary of the government's overtures following NSA spying revelations. Now, the government is taking a more 'if you can't join them, build your own' approach. The U.S. Department of Defense is considering offering rapid seed funding to private companies as a way to encourage more work on technology projects with the commercial sector, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said Wednesday. 'The DOD has to tap into all the streams of innovation and emerging technology and it has to do so much more quickly,' Carter told DARPA's Wait, What? conference in St. Louis, Missouri.
Fast. Government procurement. Hahahahahahaha. Speaking as a deeply embedded cog in the military industrial complex.
Uh huh. And I'm sure it was all smiles and sunshine pre 2003. Not saying we didn't blow the execution to an extent that some people shouldn't be able to look themselves in the mirror, but some places just invite chaos by their very nature. Case in point: Egypt, Syria, Libya: not a single American boot on the ground before the "unpleasantness". One could make the case the same thing would have happened in Iraq regardless.
Uh huh. And I'm sure it was all smiles and sunshine pre 2003. Not saying we didn't blow the execution to an extent that some people shouldn't be able to look themselves in the mirror, but some places just invite chaos by their very nature. Case in point: Egypt, Syria, Libya: not a single American boot on the ground before the "unpleasantness". One could make the case the same thing would have happened in Iraq regardless.
It's as though the parent poster talked about Subject A, and you replied as though you were making a response to him/her, but proceeded to talk about Unrelated Subject B.
The US GOVERNMENT leaves nothing but DEATH in its wake
See: internet
Republican? I was under the impression the current Secretary of Defense was part of a Democratic administration. Granted, when it comes to defense spending it's hard to tell the difference.
In any event, when we get our well deserved Trumpublican administration, things will change. More winning. More artful deals. More classy and sophisticated. Five big neon letters on the White House facade. Finally, I'll be able to stop worrying abut my children's future.
Secretary of WAR! Damn pussies today!
Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room.