DefAero Technology Report [Sep 30, ’21] Air Force Chief Scientist
On this episode of the Technology Report, sponsored by General Motors Defense, Dr. Victoria Coleman, a Silicon Valley veteran who was a former director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency who in April became the US Air Force’s 37th chief scientist, discusses her priorities, potentially breakthrough technology areas to focus on, accelerating technology development and adoption, how to successfully execute the Joint All-Domain Command and Control System, why the Air Force needs a chief technology officer, ways to avoid wasting resources to reinvent existing technologies, more quickly harnessing available commercial technologies for military applications, and nurturing better technology and engineering talent in the Air Force with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.