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The Pentagon Built a Faster Engine. Nobody Built the Steering.

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Pete Newell

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July 21, 2026

How to generate unique market intelligence in weeks

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Matt Bailey

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The Drone War Is Moving at the Speed of Conversation. The Pentagon Isn’t.

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Pete Newell

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May 28, 2026

Fixed-Price Contracting Works. But Not If the Government Outsources Ambiguity.

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Brian Miller

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May 13, 2026

The AI Antagonist

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Brian Miller

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The Innovation Targeting Cycle: Going Fast in the Right Direction

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Pete Newell

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March 10, 2026

Drones Are IEDs That Fly

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Pete Newell

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March 6, 2026

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Brian Miller

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March 5, 2026

NAVY Launch 2026: Leveling Up After a Breakout 2025

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Maicie Jones

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January 28, 2026

The Urgency of Now – Killing the Requirement to Save the Warfighter

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Pete Newell

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January 20, 2026

Here’s How We Bootstrapped a Revolution in Defense

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Pete Newell

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January 13, 2026

The Pentagon Finally Killed Its Bureaucratic Past. Now for the Hard Part.

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Pete Newell

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November 18, 2025

The Real Risk to America’s SBIR Fund

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Brian Miller

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November 14, 2025

Getting Beyond Innovation Theater

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Pete Newell

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October 21, 2025

Turning Defense Reform Into Battlefield Advantage

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Pete Newell

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September 4, 2025

Why the SPEED and FORGED Acts Alone Won’t Win Tomorrow’s Wars

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Pete Newell

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September 2, 2025

Fighting the Wrong War: Inside the Army’s Battle Against Its Own Soldiers’ Tech Requests

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Pete Newell

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August 28, 2025

Beyond the Bills: Accelerating Battlefield Technology – A Four-Part Series

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Pete Newell

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August 26, 2025

Mission Acceleration, Not Bureaucratic Stagnation: Why the SPEED Act Is a National Imperative

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Pete Newell

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August 14, 2025

SBIR Can Power the Next Generation of Defense Tech

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Brian Miller

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August 7, 2025

What Florence Nightingale and Lawrence of Arabia Can Teach Us About Government Innovation and the Operator Model

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Robert Leonard

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July 23, 2025

Breaking the Pentagon's Innovation and Acquisition Chains: Mission-Focus Over Bureaucracy

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Pete Newell and Steven J. Spear

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June 5, 2025

Lessons from Afghanistan: The Cost of Slow Adaptation

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Pete Newell

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March 5, 2025

Putting The Past Into Practice: Lessons On The Innovation Pipeline

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Peter Newell

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February 12, 2025

Innovation As A Core Competency: Why The Future Of America’s Security Depends On Experiential Learning

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Pete Newell

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December 3, 2024