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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 4- Semiconductors

Steve Blank

This “whole of government approach” is known by the acronym DIME -FIL. Yan Nee Lee, “ 2 Charts Show how Much the World Depends on Taiwan for Semiconductors ” CNBC , Mar. Do you think China can credibly catch TSMC (without an invasion of Taiwan)? And after two decades focused on counter terrorism, the U.S. Oppenheimer , Dec.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 17 – Organizational Design – Safi Bahcall

Steve Blank

I’m not going to talk about reforming the acquisition process, which many of your class speakers have mentioned and does need to get done. Over this course you’ve heard from the leading voices across the military, government, and industry issue a call to action. Taiwan announces its intention to comply with the U.S.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition  – 2022 Wrap Up

Steve Blank

government agencies, our federal research labs, and government contractors no longer have exclusive access to these advanced technologies. Government agencies to provide context and perspective on commercial technologies and national security. ” Team 3: Acquisition. We focused on the challenges created when U.S.

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Reorganizing the DoD to Deter China and Win in the Ukraine – A Road Map for Congress

Steve Blank

is supporting a proxy war with Russia while simultaneously attempting to deter a China cross-strait invasion of Taiwan. Ukraine’s military is not burdened with the DoD’s 65-year-old acquisition process and 20th-century operational concepts. Reorganize DoD Acquisition and Sustainment. Today, the U.S. We need to act now.

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What’s Plan B? – The Small, the Agile, and the Many

Steve Blank

They converted reefs in international waters into airbases, creating unsinkable aircraft carriers that extend the range of their aircraft and are armed with surface to air missiles make it dangerous to approach China’s mainland and Taiwan. The Navy has world-class engineering and acquisition processes to deal with hardware.

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IT Expansion in China

Venture Chronicles

I don’t believe it is surprising to assert that growth in China to date has come independent of any investments in technology made by the government or business. Given my background in IT, a natural area of interest for me was the build out of IT in China businesses that are not directly aligned with U.S.

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Technology, Innovation and Modern War – Class 9 – Autonomy – Maynard Holliday

Steve Blank

Maynard was the Senior Technical Advisor to the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistic during the previous Administration. There he provided the Secretary technical and programmatic analysis and advice on R&D, acquisition, and sustainment.