In a natural relationship. But that being said, you dont want to create the government has a responsibility to the taxpayer to be fair and to be transparent. You have to do that. The question becomes how can you do that but at the same time give industry the flexibility to do what they need to do . I dont know there is a good answer which is why acquisition reform has been a buzzword for decades and continues to be something we continue to strive for and continue to struggle with. But i would say that is probably the hard problem of the century. But nevertheless it is something we have to continue to strive to get better because there is a balance between letting industry innovate and letting industry take responsibility and put goods into the hands of the war fighter that meet the war fighters needs and making sure that the responsibility to the taxpayer is upheld. So before i go, let me follow up with a specific question. Is there one word, based on your current understanding of wher
Traditional and in some ways Old Fashioned area of technology, yet one of very rapid and ongoing innovation. Very central to the performance of our military forces as well. And were going to talk about software and the ways in which systems, electronic systems, countermeasure systems that have heavy electronics and i. T. Component have to be thought about today, have to be improved. All of this relates clearly to some big themes in defense, budgeting, Defense Strategy, to what extent is Technology Changing so fast that we need to emphasize pursuit of a revolution of military affairs perhaps even more than we have been. To what extent do we need to get on top of a new wave of innovation and make sure our adversaries dont do it first. Or what extent is this an ongoing evolutionary process and a lot of exciting important things are happening but we dont need to get overly excited or disruptive about our approach to defense resource allocation. And the broadest of all senses it relates to
Are moving away from a hardwareladen approach to more software to having digital things early in the cycle. Thats kind of like maybe a crude summary of what you said, but can you elaborate on what you need by that and implications for how the u. S. Does business in that field . Because the three questions were put so succinctly. There was one more hand and ill bring that into the mix and then well just wrap up. Hi. My name is steve barron. Im a soldier and defense fellow though my remarks are my own here. Would i like to see if i can get remarks specifically as they relate to 3d printing and energetic materials. As we look forward we head a lot of discussion about cold. Ry and carts i was wondering with airdrop munitions so they can be more tailored and adapt adaptable and more efficiently placed in the hands of the war fighters. To kind of zero in, opportunities and efforts, whats going on right now that you know of merits of this kind of research and effort and lastly Defense Industr
Right now when it comes to criminaljustice reform republican governors are better on this issue than democrats. Where do you stand on the issue . Charlie crist was a republican. At this time. I know what the hell he is now. [laughter] good evening how can the National Urban league support elected officials . They can. You cannot support them you can support positions or issues but not an actual candidate is against our covered. So can you clarify how to offset that . We have the keys deal. Create the 501 c 4 that allows you to run ads. And what you could do as an individual. We can volunteer and throat and donate. Money is key. Ive not just saying that because i am elected. Yes you are. [laughter] we give time then we give nothing else but it is essential because your and have our voice heard. God rest his soul all the white folks got together to say we want you to run for mayor. How much trading to Police Officers did your community received . And those with Mental Health issues . We
For a reason. You could get hurt. This guy sky diving, his parachute is deployed, seems to be doing fbi but suddenly takes a hard lefthander and just starts coming in hot. Is he all right . Wow. Hes not all right. Not at all. He has an open compound fracture to his left leg. Thats like the bone sticking out. Youre right and internal bleeding, a 53yearold entrepreneur in the icu. They expect him to recover and survive, but its going to be a while. That landing was extremely difficult. Not quite sure what caused him to lose control of that but you can see he didnt have a ton of altitude to correct after he started taking that big swoop. Hes not an amateur either. Hes been jumping for quite some time. He has experience. So just an unfortunate incident. This next video of a kayaker getting caught in this tumbler. Weve seen kayakers get into a roller for fun, theyll have a good time, practice some moves. Looks like this girl is not in control at all. Shes getting tossed about like a fishing