Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Security and technology: Commercial first, production requirements from day one, and programs of capability

The Stanford DEFCON Technology and National Security Student Network organized and hosted a stellar all day event about all things defense and technology with attendees from the whole ecosystem: Government representatives, primes, neoprimes, startups, students, professors, professionals, and venture capitalists and angel investors.




My three favorite quotes of day (without attribution - Chatham House rules 😎 )


👉 The best way to develop is off the government system and go commercial first


✊ Your production requirements need to be built on day one and in conjunction with product requirements - otherwise the cost of change is just to high


👍 The military needs to move to programs of capability and warfare as a service


It used to be that defense tech startups had to be funded by SBIRs and the like, but the massive technology disruptions have given rise to a new dawn that is venture financed.



A version of this post was first published on LinkedIn in November 2025

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