[Man-ki Kim] Foster dual-use defense tech

For much of the 20th century, defense technology was developed within a closed military-industrial system.

Governments set requirements, contractors built platforms and civilian industries later benefited from spillover effects.

That world is changing.

Today, technologies first developed or scaled in the civilian economy — artificial intelligence, semiconductors, robotics, batteries, cloud computing, autonomous systems, synthetic-aperture radar satellites and commercial drones — are central to m ...