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To Transform Tech, DoD Must Stop Being An 'Innovation Tourist:' Report The current approach "is more akin to innovation tourism—with the DoD sampling the local fare of the United States' various tech hubs—than a bona fide strategy for bringing emerging technologies into the department," the report notes.

What Are The Best Ways To Shield Taiwan From A Hungry China? The trick will be to avoid "a situation in which China believes that it has no alternative but to act," says RAND's Michael Mazzar.

Beyond ABMS: Air Force Pushes Experimental Tech For AI, IT, Data The expanded experimentation campaign is also building new "business approaches" — some of which will require Pentagon-level blessing — to speed software-based capabilities to the field, DAF Chief Architect Preston Dunlap said.

Qatar's Massive Increase In Military Power Comes With Political, Logistical Headaches As Qatar awaits permission from Paris to base Rafales and Mirages in Turkey, it grapples with the challenge of finding manpower and training them to use dozens of planes it has purchased.

Book Excerpt: Pruning The Acquisition Kudzu "We are at an inflection point in national security when 'business as usual' and the status quo will allow China, our primary threat, to continue to advance militarily, technologically, economically, and diplomatically," writes Arnold Punaro.

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