Lowery: Traditional defense primes invest minimal internal R&D outside DOD programs
Andy Lowery · Electronic Warfare and Real-Life Force Fields! Epirus CEO Andy Lowery · Joe Lonsdale · Aug 16, 2024 · at 5:54
Andy Lowery, CEO of defense tech startup Epirus, explains the structural innovation differences between legacy defense primes and emerging startups.
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“Everything they do is tethered to, kind of, direction from the DOD, and so they do very little, like, internal commercial innovation. There isn't a lot of internal research and development dollars spent on pure innovation that isn't tethered to a DARPA or some other type of program that the military kind of comes up with”
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