River Advisers’ Post

Great hearing. My top takeaways and observations below:  1) Prioritization vs Parochialism: Ranking Member Smith highlighted the need to make tough choices within a zero-sum budget environment. Scaling new capabilities requires substantial resources. Absent major topline increases, true prioritization will likely require politically unpopular budget/program offsets. 2) Metrics that Matter - For DIU 3.0, success should entail a meaningful impact on deterrence options and CCMD operational plans. IMO, this highlights a broader need to equip policymakers with meaningful metrics to differentiate between "innovation theater" and actual progress. Having a widely accepted framework or list of "metrics that matter" would be helpful in this respect. DIU’s focus on mission outcomes is spot on. 3) Workforce Incentives: Several members and witnesses suggested that promotion incentives should prioritize risk to mission and encourage a higher risk tolerance, rather than the traditional metrics of cost, schedule, and performance. I would expect legislation / policy changes aimed at addressing this. 4) DOTMLPF and Scale - Anecdotally, the importance of early DOTMLPF consideration garnered greater attention than in years past. The defense innovation community has rightly emphasized the need for increased funding, budget flexibility, and new authorities to facilitate transition at scale. However, it is equally crucial to have aligned doctrine, training programs, and force structures in place. Synchronizing both the funding and DOTMLPF elements is key. This may require reforms to ensure DOTMLPF processes can keep pace with the increasingly dynamic threat and technology landscape. For current innovation organizations, embedding with PEOs and operational units is key, but equal priority should also be given to partnering with doctrine and requirements developers. Past organizations like the REF and AWG offer an interesting model worth re-examining. 5) Classified WeWork Model: More SCIF space is badly needed for small businesses and NDCs. IMO, renting out SCIF space could be a lucrative business opportunity. FY25 LEGISLATIVE ASPIRATIONS (107:30min): - OSD R&E: Increased APFIT funding. - OSD A&S: More Ukraine-like "undefinitized" contracting authorities and rapid ATO authorities for new IT systems. - DIU: Hiring authorities (akin to DARPA / SDA / CYBERCOM). OTHER TIDBITS - Production numbers and kill chains are what matter most. - Ukraine and Israel are the world leaders in counter-UAS. - The Naval Postgraduate School, with support from DIU, is launching the Navalist Innovation Center to strengthen DoD's collaboration with the commercial sector. - APKWS performing well in Ukraine. Cost per round and cost exchange ratios are critical. - DIB should have at least 4 solid rocket motor companies. - Milestone B should be the point of no return for acquisition programs. FARA was still in milestone A when it was canceled.

I just finished reading this piece by Industry Insider – Florida, and I couldn’t wait to share it. Vice President of Government Relations Mone Brown describes what she has observed in her career in the Public Sector so far, and the importance of technology implementation and modernization. I found it a great read! I suggest you dive into it too by clicking the link below. #PublicSector #Technology #Modernization

I just finished reading this piece by Industry Insider – Florida, and I couldn’t wait to share it. Vice President of Government Relations Mone Brown describes what she has observed in her career in the Public Sector so far, and the importance of technology implementation and modernization. I found it a great read! I suggest you dive into it too by clicking the link below. #PublicSector #Technology #Modernization

I just finished reading this piece by Industry Insider – Florida, and I couldn’t wait to share it. Vice President of Government Relations Mone Brown describes what she has observed in her career in the Public Sector so far, and the importance of technology implementation and modernization. I found it a great read! I suggest you dive into it too by clicking the link below. #PublicSector #Technology #Modernization

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This Squire Patton Boggs post is interesting – it’s all about The European Commissions’ dawn raid powers.    Diarmuid Ryan, Erling Estellon, Oliver Geiss, Brian Hartnett, Francesco Liberatore, Gorka Navea, Martin Rees, Tatiana Siakka and Will Sparks cover the European Court’s refusal to grant interim relief to Nuctech, and how highlights the European Commission’s extensive powers to access company information following unannounced inspections, or #dawnraids.   This is most certainly an important ruling for the longevity of the EU’s Foreign Subsidies regulation that came into play in January 2023.    Under that regulation, the EC have a set of wide reaching powers, allowing them to inspect the EU premises of a company that is incorporated in another jurisdiction, such as China.    As the authors at Squire Patton Boggs say ‘a company can argue that complying with a data request would infringe foreign laws . . the burden of proving this has been set very high’. This means, subsidiaries located in the EU, need to be aware of how to respond to the EC.‘   A good read and I’ll be watching how this transpires with interest.

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I have spent the last five years understanding how wireless technology would change in the future, when the user devices will be in the radiative near-field of large antenna arrays. There are important prospects to use spatial multiplexing to serve more users simultaneously, since traditional beamforming turns into finite-depth beamfocusing. Yet, I have grown to understand that much of the fundamental limits and algorithms developed for far-field MIMO are still applicable for near-field MIMO. In this new video, I dispel three misconceptions that are spreading in the related literature. Along the way, I’m explaining some of the fundamental properties that underpin the MIMO technology. The research insights presented in the video were developed in collaboration with Luca Sanguinetti, Özlem Tuğfe Demir, Parisa Ramezani, Alva Kosasih, Amna Irshad, Giacomo Bacci, and others. This presentation was prepared for the "Special Forum: Theory and Technology of 6G Near-Field Communications" at the 17th China Electronics & Information Conference, Pan Pacific Hotel, Ningbo, on April 27, 2024. Three Misconceptions in Near-Field Communications https://lnkd.in/gMB2QUBx

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