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Tech, VC Firms Urge DoD Adopt Commercial Technologies

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, June 27th, 2023

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Tech, VC Firms Urge DoD Adopt Commercial Technologies

Aki Jain, president and chief technology officer of Palantir's U.S. government business. LinkedIn photo.

Commercial technologies are ready for the Defense Department to use but the Pentagon could more quickly take advantage of these products and capabilities by implementing recent recommendations of a bipartisan commission that is examining how the department can accelerate the adoption of innovative technologies from the commercial and defense sectors, leaders of 13 technology and venture capital (VC) firms wrote last week. The main takeaway from the Atlantic Council Commission on Defense Innovation Adoption is that “’the United States does…

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