Deep tech development strategies and imperatives for DoD reform
Here is AJ Piplica, CEO of the hypersonic vehicles company Hermeus, on the Venture Stories podcast discussing the importance of generating revenue ahead of the […]
Deep tech
A proposal for accelerating investment in dual-use tough tech
We propose the establishment of a new program in which the government directly teams with the venture capital (VC) community at the earliest stages of […]
The challenges of funding deep tech, moving from science to products
If you want to move from science to products, you have to live for some time in a super-position of those states before you can […]
Roper on opportunity- vs. requirements-based contracting
Here’s Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper making a very nice distinction between a “requirements” and an “opportunity” approach to defense programs. At the Strategic […]
Two issues holding the Pentagon back from commercial “deep tech”
After cashing in from relatively simple internet applications like Facebook, Snapchat and others, entrepreneurs have started tackling harder problems. “Deep tech” requires significant capital and […]
How shared equipment dramatically lowers barriers to deep tech R&D
In the same way that AWS dramatically lowered the bar to start a software company, you’re seeing the same thing of multiple labs-as-a-service companies that […]