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Commercial technologies are enabling the U.S. military and militaries around the world to operate with greater efficiency, speed, precision, and lethality. The benefits of commercial capabilities can be particularly impactful given the defense industrial base’s struggles to...
**STEELMAN:** The argument for integrating commercial technologies into U.S. security cooperation is compelling. Traditional defense solutions, while reliable, are increasingly inadequate to meet the speed, scale, and cost demands of modern warfare. Commercial technologies—proven in Ukraine’s resistance and exploited by adversaries—offer agility, scalability, and innovation. The DoD’s current reliance on foreign military sales creates bottlenecks and risks leaving allies underserved, pushing the...