Pentagon losing cutting edge on weapons innovation, needs 'massive kick in the pants,' say defense leaders
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America’s defenses will not be able to keep up with its adversaries if the Pentagon continues to take years to innovate weapons systems, experts agreed at a security summit last week.
"Progress lives in the private sector, and we're not seeing enough progress in the public sector," said Govini CEO Tara Dougherty. "The department needs a massive kick in the pants in this area, and should be held accountable for catching up in progress to match what is happening among the investor community and among the technology sector." "China specifically is better at cybersecurity than we are." – Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa. "China is eating our boxed lunch in the energy area, in our cellular phone infrastructure, they’re trying to get into Wall Street, they’re trying to get into agriculture…" – Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb.
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