How healthy is the U.S. defense industrial base? What challenges does it face at a time of accelerating innovation, regulatory challenges, and the need to scale up productive capacity while strengthening supply chains? The National Defense Industrial Association's (NDIA) own Jen Stewart, Executive Vice President for Strategy and Policy, joins today's episode to unpack NDIA's Vital Signs 2024 Report. The report findings are based on over 1,300 survey respondents, including government officials, private sector leaders, and experts from academia, research institutions, and NGOs. This year’s report offers an unmatched perspective on the interplay between government and industry, showcasing the collective vision for a robust U.S. DIB.

Download the report at: https://www.ndia.org/policy/publications/vital-signs

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What are the emerging technologies that will shape future national defense and how will they be fielded? Ahead of the upcoming Emerging Technologies Conference, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu joins to preview timely conference topics including government-industry partnerships to accelerate procurement pathways, Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), contested logistics, and Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) interoperability. She shares how her professional background informs her current position and the initiatives her team is leading, including rapid prototyping and fielding of innovative technologies.

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Energy is critical for anything we do. Power beaming is an emerging technology that could reshape how we generate and distribute energy and how our devices and autonomous systems are powered. Today’s guest is Tom Nugent, CTO and Co-founder of PowerLight Technologies. Tom walks us through power beaming and what it might provide to both the Department of Defense and commercial industry. Tom is the author of "Power Beaming: History, Theory, and Practice", which provides a foundation needed for researchers, technology developers, and end users to understand the promise and challenges for power beaming.

The book is available here: https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/12438#t=aboutBook.

PowerLight Technologies: https://powerlighttech.com/

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In an era where the Global Positioning System (GPS) is increasingly under threat by jamming and other anti-satellite capabilities, what does the future hold for military-grade Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT)? Today's guest is Dr. Alison Brown, President and CEO of NAVSYS Corporation. Alison and NAVSYS focus heavily on this work, providing a variety of PNT solutions. On this episode, Alisons joins us to discuss all things GPS, from what the military uses it for, to threats to the system, to alternatives that can support our military capabilities in a GPS-denied environment.

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How did the Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bill impact DoD's critical technology areas and technology transition efforts for emerging technologies? What changed in the Fiscal Year 2025 President's Budget Request? Join us for a conversation with Dr. Reed Skaggs, Lewis Burke's Chief Strategy and Business Operations Officer, and Jacob Winn, one of NDIA ETI's own Associate Research Fellows, to learn more.

Read the FY2024 Appropriations Act: https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20240318/Division%20A%20Defense.PDF

Explore the FY2025 Budget Request documentation: https://comptroller.defense.gov/Budget-Materials/

Lewis-Burke Associates: https://lewis-burke.com/

Listen to our FY25 DoD S&T Budget Priorities webinar with The Honorable Heidi Shyu, Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering (USD(R&E)), and other leadership from the defense S&T enterprise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSDZSYfHqjI

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In this episode, our guest Arun Gupta describes how strong collaboration between business, government, and society can lead to opportunities to impact social challenges, such as climate change, cybersecurity, disease outbreaks, food insecurity, and education. Arun is the co-author of the book, “Venture Meets Mission,” which explains what is required to join people, purpose, and profit together for world-changing impact, starting with rebuilding trust between business, government, and society. Please join us for a conversation on harnessing private sector entrepreneurship to address societal challenges with Arun Gupta, CEO of NobleReach.

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How is the science and technology relationship between the United States and India evolving? What can we do to increase U.S.-Indian defense industry cooperation? The India-U.S. Defense Acceleration Ecosystem, aka "INDUS-X", was established in June 2023 to deepen this national security collaboration and build a "defense innovation bridge" between the two countries. INDUS-X has led to a series of partnerships between U.S. and Indian government agencies, companies, and universities to date.

To learn more about U.S.-Indian cooperation and INDUS-X, please join us for a conversation with Dr. Sameer Lalwani, a senior expert on South Asia at the U.S. Institute of Peace and non-resident senior fellow with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.

Read the most recent U.S. DoD fact sheet on INDUS-X: https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3682879/fact-sheet-india-us-defense-acceleration-ecosystem-indus-x/

Read Dr. Lalwani's analysis of INDUS-X for the U.S. Institute of Peace: https://www.usip.org/publications/2024/02/whats-deal-indus-x

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Tune in for Part 2 of our conversation with Lara Sayer, the PPBE Reform Commission's Executive Director, and Jennifer Santos, one of the study's Commissioners who served alongside ETI's own Arun Seraphin. We continue to discuss the PPBE Reform Report's findings. How do the Department's budget plans interact with Congressional appropriations? How can the Department design better budgets?

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Read the PPBE Reform Commission's final report: https://ppbereform.senate.gov/finalreport/

Read the legislative language which established the independent commission (Section 1004 of the FY22 NDAA): https://ppbereform.senate.gov/section1004-fy22-ndaa/

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