COMMISSION ON DEFENSE INNOVATION ADOPTION

Acknowledgments

This Interim Report was written and prepared with the support and input of its authors, Commissioners on the Atlantic Council’s Commission on Defense Innovation Adoption, and the Forward Defense program of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security.

This effort was conducted under the supervision of Commission Director Stephen Rodriguez, Forward Defense Director Clementine Starling, and Forward Defense

Associate Director Mark J. Massa. Thank you to Julia Siegel and Christian Trotti for earlier contributions.

This effort has been made possible through the generous support of Booz Allen Hamilton as the Foundational Sponsor as well as sponsorship from Accrete AI, ACT1 Federal, Applied Intuition Palantir, Peraton, Primer AI, Rebellion Defense, Schmidt Futures, and Snowpoint Ventures.

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To produce this interim report, the authors conducted more than fifty interviews and consultations with current and former officials in the US Department of Defense, congressional staff members, allied embassies in Washington, DC, and other academic and think tank organizations. However, the analysis and recommendations presented in this Interim Report are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of individuals consulted, Commissioners, Commission sponsors, the Atlantic Council, or any US government organization. Moreover, the authors, Commissioners, and consulted experts participated in a personal, not institutional, capacity.