Ken Calvert: “We're still a big player, and we're a large investor to work…”

“I see the generals here from future army command. So we're recognizing that the commercial sector is putting a lot more money in R and D than we are in the Department of Defense. We're still a big player, and we're a large investor to work with some of these new companies for our national security. And we obviously, whether it's, whether it's mapping or whether it's buying imagery, a whole number of things, and communications, obviously, but a whole number of things that we can work with industry on.” (06:39–06:50)

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