The term “National Security Industrial Base” (NSIB) appeared in the 2018
National Security Strategy. The NSIB is the “network of knowledge, capabilities, and people including academia, National Laboratories, and the private sector that turns ideas into innovations [and] transforms discoveries into successful commercial products.” This report outlines elements of the NSIB and how a commercially driven innovation differs from a defense-centric approach to technology. The U.S. innovation ecosystem is based on a mix of strong research universities, flexible financial systems, a competitive business focus, and risk-taking, entrepreneurial culture that is skilled at commercializing research. Other countries have similar strengths, but not at the same scale.
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“Too often government-funded R&D fails to gain a commercial footing because the government technology pipeline is not connected with entrepreneurs and early-stage capital a great loss of economic and national security value to the United States,” said Simon Davidson, IQT Emerge executive vice president, in a statement. “IQT Emerge continues the IQT mission and pairs the organization’s sophistication in identifying technologies with potential commercial viability with the institutional knowledge on what it takes to build companies and bring products to market.”
The launch of IQT Emerge reflects a larger shift, initiated by the Trump administration in 2020, in how the U.S. intelligence community defends critical infrastructure and emerging technologies. National security agencies began collaborating with the private sector and moving more research and development projects in-house.
AlphaDogfight should scare the Air Force straight … into scaling AI efforts Capt. Jazmin Furtado and Capt. Chris Dylewski January 21 An AI pilot bested an elite U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, illustrating how humans are losing their edge over machines in more tasks. (Photoraidz/Getty Images) A few months ago, an AI pilot trounced an elite U.S. Air Force fighter pilot in a simulated dogfight. Sound like the stuff of sci-fi nightmares? If the Air Force continues on its current path, it is. When the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) concluded the AlphaDogfight competition in August, the Air Force experienced just how advanced AI systems have become.