The R&D slowdown and how to return to a society of explorers
The discussion about whether or not progress in science and technology is slowing down could greatly benefit from a thorough reading of Michael Polanyi’s 1966 […]
technology development
Government and the institutional memory of failure
I think that large, established organizations operate according to different incentives than start-ups. Large organizations focus on the downside of new initiatives. In the start-up […]
Panel discussion on maximizing defense innovation
In this episode of Acquisition Talk, we’ll listen in on a panel discussion hosted by the Lincoln Network that focuses on defense acquisition, called, “From […]
What does the V-280 show after 40 years of tiltrotor development?
I just watched a YouTube video of the Bell V-280 tiltrotor conducting some kind of low speed agility demonstration… The aircraft can rock back and […]