Going to try to keep it concise. We are here to talk about getting innovation into the field and into the hands of fighters faster. It is a perennial topic. I was tempted to ask why we are still here talking about it but i dont want to get too wordy. It is safe to say the acceleration of innovation into the field is unacceptable to almost everyone except maybe china and russia so i, you guys know who the panel is. You can look at their bios to get more on where they are coming from but i just want to jump into it with you, heidi. I was going to redo something you testified about last year. As seen in ukraine, now all commercial technology paired with conventional weapons changed the nature of conflict. To default the department problem range from collaboration should be updated. To reflect the dynamic landscape of today and anticipate the needs of tomorrow. The nations private sector is the competitive advantage and we must focus on improving how the government and private sector work
Technology. This is about 35 minutes. Good morning. This is a quick turn, so we are going to try to keep it concise. We are here to talk about getting innovation into the field and into the hands of fighters faster. It is a perennial topic. I was tempted to ask why we are still here talking about it but i dont want to get too wordy. It is safe to say the acceleration of innovation into the field is unacceptable to almost everyone except maybe china and russia so i, you guys know who the panel is. You can look at their bios to get more on where they are coming from but i just want to jump into it with you, heidi. I was going to redo something you testified about last year. As seen in ukraine, now all commercial technology paired with conventional weapons changed the nature of conflict. To default the department problem range from collaboration should be updated. To reflect the dynamic landscape of today and anticipate the needs of tomorrow. The nations private sector is the competitive
Technology. This is about 35 minutes. Good morning. This is a quick turn, so we are going to try to keep it concise. We are here to talk about getting innovation into the field and into the hands of fighters faster. It is a perennial topic. I was tempted to ask why we are still here talking about it but i dont want to get too wordy. It is safe to say the acceleration of innovation into the field is unacceptable to almost everyone except maybe china and russia so i, you guys know who the panel is. You can look at their bios to get more on where they are coming from but i just want to jump into it with you, heidi. I was going to redo something you testified about last year. As seen in ukraine, now all commercial technology paired with conventional weapons changed the nature of conflict. To default the department problem range from collaboration should be updated. To reflect the dynamic landscape of today and anticipate the needs of tomorrow. The nations private sector is the competitive
Yv States Government is a cash flow budget. And the recapitalization of the Nuclear Triade is a capital investment. We are talking 40 and 50year assets. One of the problems we are facing in our budget is it all comes out, it looks like its in the Defense Budget. I call it the pigon. There is this bulk of nuclear phodendization that should be considered capital investment. I think thats important for people to realize when you look at the Defense Budget there is a piece of it that is really something that probably should have been done over the past 30 years that we are trying to do in a hurry. Is that your reading . General cotton it is, sir. The way like to describe it is am responsible for maintaining and the components under me are responsible for maintainin on behalf of the president of the United States. Senator king general whiting you talked about we have the best Space Capabilities and have for many, many years. Thats the good news. The bad news is, the dependency that we have
And im joined by my colleague, the director of the Aerospace Security project at csis. We are delighted to welcome general laura richardson, the commander of United States Southern Command to csis, to talk about her perspective on whats happening down south. General richardson is an army aviator flying helicopters. Shes trained soldiers, deployed into a rack into iraq and afghanistan, has seen policymaking at the highest levels and understands the role of congress. I had the pleasure of meeting her when she was in the role of legislative liaison, where she met relationships with members of congress to establish policy and fund the army, and also got to meet her again during her deployment to afghanistan, where i saw her lead in a complex and challenging security environment , so i can think of no better leader than general richardson to tackle these tough issues and strengthen our relationship. Its a privilege to have you today. Thank you very much. Its my honor to be here and have the