A big reason why many Silicon Valley engineers are frustrated with Washington is because they think America’s defense leaders too often act like hypocrites. And they are not wrong. Senior leaders in the Department of Defense and Congress have a tendency to talk a big game about the importance of new technologies for the US military. But when push comes to shove, most of the biggest contracts continue to flow by the billions to legacy military platforms and the traditional defense companies that manufacture them. If Washington leaders put more of their money where their mouths are, this could
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