The Pentagon building in Arlington, Virginia, on December 26, 2011. Photo: AFP
Third US defence department official resigns, warning US risks losing tech edge amid Pentagon’s eroding commercial base
- Preston Dunlap said the Pentagon should behave more like SpaceX and that the consolidation of the defence-industrial base is bad for competition
- The former chief architect officer said the US should be braver about undertaking tests that might fail in tech such as hypersonics to artificial intelligence
The Pentagon building in Arlington, Virginia, on December 26, 2011. Photo: AFP