Wartime Britain had different constraints. First, England was being bombed daily and blockaded by submarines, so focusing on a smaller set of projects made sense. Second, the country was teetering on bankruptcy. It couldn’t afford the big investments that the United States made. Many areas of ...
where the solution isn’t obvious and lacks a definitive formula. The types of problems our Hacking For Defense students work on fall into this category. They are often ambiguous. They start with a problem from a sponsor, and not only is the solution unclear but figuring out how to acquire...
In the absence of a coordinated technology and industrial policy, the United States has become dangerously reliant on computer chips produced in a handful of countries for all its defense and commercial needs. Originally, all of America’s computer chips were produced in Silicon Valley. Today, non...
The TRL solved a huge problem – it was a simple and visual way to share a common understanding of technology status. TheU.S. Air Force, then theArmyand then the entireU.S. Department of Defensealong with theEuropean Space Agency(ESA) all have adopted the TRL to manage their complex pr...