Topics & People

Profits from equity that are targeted by proposed wealth taxes in states like California.

Systems that use AI to identify and engage targets under strict human-set policy rules.

The last era when US commercial shipbuilding was successfully mobilized for mass defense production.

The historic geopolitical rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union that drove massive technological and defense innovation.

Companies that build products for both commercial and defense applications, historically the backbone of the industrial base.

The application of artificial intelligence for command, control, and decision advantage in military operations.

Project Maven
Technology

A major Department of Defense AI project intended to bring commercial AI technology to the military.

A military colonel and the founder of Project Maven who faced false accusations due to his work on AI integration.

A US defense strategy aimed at leveraging technological decision advantage and AI to out-think and out-execute adversaries.

Former Secretary of Defense who launched the Third Offset initiative to streamline procurement and integrate new tech.

A pioneer in the manufacturing of transistors and integrated circuits, instrumental in early defense and space programs.

Bob Noyce
Person

Co-inventor of the transistor at Fairchild Semiconductor who resisted full government funding to maintain R&D independence.