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Smashing (Data) Silos
From Tanks to Teleportation - December 18, 2020 15:23 - 33 minutesTechnology is constantly evolving and when you are in charge of protecting the US against threats, it is critical to stay ahead. Leveraging new technology when you’ve worked with the same system for so long can be a challenge, and that’s why the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) a...
The Innovation Policy Perspective
From Tanks to Teleportation - December 18, 2020 15:18 - 23 minutesAcquisition reform was put in motion to meet the pace of technological change and the pace in which threats to the nation have been evolving. Doing business at commercial speeds makes the Department of Defense more friendly for non-traditional and commercial companies and this streamlining has r...
Blowing Stuff up for Defense Innovation
From Tanks to Teleportation - December 18, 2020 14:45 - 29 minutesHow does being a survival expert, a previous pet store owner, a special effects artist, and a famous television show host all lead to working with DIU on technologies for our Nation’s defense? Just ask Jamie Hyneman. In this episode, the expert craftsman and previous host of the well-known TV sh...
Executives by Day, Superheros by Night
From Tanks to Teleportation - December 18, 2020 14:40 - 42 minutesThe private and public sectors are two completely different worlds that often speak different languages. That’s why people such as Erringer Helbling and Doug Beck, who have worked in both, are vital in building bridges between the sectors allowing the best innovation possible for our nation’s se...
Executives by Day, Superheroes by Night
From Tanks to Teleportation - December 18, 2020 14:40 - 42 minutesThe private and public sectors are two completely different worlds that often speak different languages. That’s why people such as Erringer Helbling and Doug Beck, who have worked in both, are vital in building bridges between the sectors allowing the best innovation possible for our nation’s se...
Investing in Projects with the Department of Defense
From Tanks to Teleportation - August 19, 2020 13:00 - 44 minutesIn order to get the newest and best technology to America’s servicemen and women, there needs to be a connective tissue between startups and the Department of Defense. This, of course, is where the Defense Innovation Unit comes in to connect the private, commercial world to large, public entitie...
Perspectives From the Department of Defense
From Tanks to Teleportation - August 11, 2020 15:58 - 36 minutesIn the Department of Defense, the consensus is clear that American servicemen and women deserve access to the best technology, tools and devices the world has to offer. But, acquiring those new technologies and replacing old ones is much easier said than done. The whole reason the Defense Innova...
Episode 3: Managing Cyber Threats and Intelligence
From Tanks to Teleportation - June 25, 2020 18:40 - 37 minutesIn the age of information, there’s only one thing that can be certain: everything will eventually end up on the internet. There will always be bad guys trying to compromise U.S. national security. That’s where Dr. Christopher Ahlberg and his company Recorded Future come in. Recorded Future works...
Managing Cyber Threats and Intelligence
From Tanks to Teleportation - June 25, 2020 18:40 - 37 minutesIn the age of information, there’s only one thing that can be certain: everything will eventually end up on the internet. There will always be bad guys trying to compromise U.S. national security. That’s where Dr. Christopher Ahlberg and his company Recorded Future come in. Recorded Future works...
Approachable Solutions
From Tanks to Teleportation - June 25, 2020 17:12 - 32 minutesThere are newer computer parts in museums than in some of the Department of Defense's most important systems. Rachel Kolesnikov-Lindsey, an active-duty U.S. Air Force Major working for the Defense Innovation Unit, was able to get some 1970s radar tech upgraded in about 3 months. The Defense Inno...
Episode 2: Approachable Solutions
From Tanks to Teleportation - June 25, 2020 17:12 - 32 minutesWhen you think about the Department of Defense, it has to be just like the movies, right? Well, in reality, the DoD is stuck using technology that’s decades behind. Host Zach Walker, Defense Innovation Unit Texas Lead, shares an anecdote about going in for his first day of work at the NSA and se...
Robotic Revolution
From Tanks to Teleportation - June 24, 2020 18:00 - 45 minutesCommercial technology is advancing so rapidly that “the future” we see in science fiction is, for the most part, already here. Hosts Dan Dillard and Zach Walker sit down with August Cole, author of the best-selling futuristic warfare novels Ghost Fleet and Burn-In. What’s most impressive about h...
Episode 1: Robotic Revolution
From Tanks to Teleportation - June 24, 2020 18:00 - 45 minutesCommercial technology is advancing so rapidly that “the future” we see in science fiction is, for the most part, already here. Hosts Dan Dillard and Zach Walker sit down with August Cole, author of the best-selling futuristic warfare novels Ghost Fleet and Burn-In. What’s most impressive about h...
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