And we need the entire enterprise, our enterprise, to embrace the urgency required for this moment. Since the end of the Cold War, the defense industrial base in our country has consolidated. This makes it difficult, if not impossible, for new creators of technical innovations to win business at our department. The result is a risk averse culture that prevents us from providing our warfighters with the best resources that America has to offer. That ends today. (06:25–06:34)
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Asserts that consolidation in the defense industry hinders new innovators from securing business with the department.
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