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Last weekend Hermeus participated in the @ReaganInstitute’s Reagan National Defense Forum #RNDF
As a company developing dual-use hypersonic aircraft it was an honor to join this dynamic conversation among senior civilian and uniformed leaders, members of Congress, and industry.
As a company developing dual-use hypersonic aircraft it was an honor to join this dynamic conversation among senior civilian and uniformed leaders, members of Congress, and industry.
Here are some impressions:
As the challenge posed by China intensifies, DoD is more serious than ever about working with startups. At #RNDF, DoD leaders – starting with @SecDef Austin – recognized the need to “create a true innovation ecosystem.”
As the challenge posed by China intensifies, DoD is more serious than ever about working with startups. At #RNDF, DoD leaders – starting with @SecDef Austin – recognized the need to “create a true innovation ecosystem.”
SECDEF’s comment echoed the recently released National Defense Strategy, which commits DoD to leverage “asymmetric American advantages” including its “entrepreneurial spirit” and “unparalleled creativity, innovation and adaptation”
To those at Reagan National Defense Forum #RNDF, if there’s one BLUF you take away from the weekend, you should know: Time is running out with Silicon Valley.
After five years of DOD saying “we want to work with the best startups”, we have, at most, two years before founders walk away and private capital dries up. And many, many startups will go out of business waiting for DOD to award real production contracts.
Some context: In the past five years, thousands of startups have received funding from various innovation orgs. OTAs. STRATFIs. Startups believe they’re getting REAL contracts and many investors do, too.
CNN: In December, Esper sat for an interview with Fox News' Bret Baier at the Ronald Reagan Defense Forum and when asked what it was like to work for Trump, he responded, "he is just another one of many bosses I've had and you've had your time that you learn to work with"
The remark irritated the President, who tends to expect lavish praise from his Cabinet cnn.com/2020/06/03/pol…
How many years ago was #RNDF? @laraseligman @connorobrienNH @BryanDBender @AaronMehta @Oriana0214 @MarcusReports @LeoShane @JeffMartinDC
Happening now: National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien says the investigation into what happened at Pensacola is underway right now but initial indications that the attack was terrorism "are very troubling" #RNDF
@BillHemmer asks whether O'Brien is aware that North Korea just in the last few minutes confirmed they conducted some kind of missile test. O'Brien apparently did not know about it - "I know now," he says
@BillHemmer Asked whether Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election, O'Brien says he believes Moscow tried to interfere, but they didn't actually succeed in influencing the election
Happening now: @BretBaier interviews @EsperDoD at #RNDF but notes an interesting pattern:
“I interviewed HR McMaster and a few weeks later he resigned. I interviewed Sec Mattis and a few weeks later he resigned.
Everything okay?”
“I interviewed HR McMaster and a few weeks later he resigned. I interviewed Sec Mattis and a few weeks later he resigned.
Everything okay?”
.@BretBaier asks about the NAS Pensacola shooter. Esper notes: “I can’t say it’s terrorism at this time.” Says we need to let investigators do their work and “not jump to any conclusions”
Does the news make you rethink deploying more troops to Saudi Arabia? Esper says no, not at all, Saudi is a longstanding partner.
The US has deployed an additional 14,000 troops to the region since the spring
The US has deployed an additional 14,000 troops to the region since the spring
Really important piece from @JimInhofe @MacTXPress here: rollcall.com/news/opinion/a…. Major reaffirmation of leading Congressional support for #NDS w a clarion call for communicating to American people why shift is necessary. @HawleyMO @SASCMajority @HASCRepublicans @SenTomCotton 1/
@JimInhofe @MacTXPress @HawleyMO @SASCMajority @HASCRepublicans @SenTomCotton Article: "Welcomed with broad bipartisan support, this groundbreaking document #NDS calls on us to make tough choices to reshape our military...to focus on a new era of great-power competition, especially with China and Russia." 2/
@JimInhofe @MacTXPress @HawleyMO @SASCMajority @HASCRepublicans @SenTomCotton "The NDS provides the blueprint to achieve that objective, and it must be fully implemented. That is why we have made it our priority on the Senate and House Armed Services committees to ensure that we turn the NDS from a strategy on paper into a strategy in action." 👏👏👏 3/
