Pentagon CTO declares the defense-tech science fair over
Emil Michael's office is concentrating innovation programs around deployment, commercial adoption and measurable military use.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: X
Why it matters
Defense startups are being told to bring deployable products, production plans and real military customers. A successful Pentagon demo alone will no longer prove a program worked.
The Pentagon's technology office declared that "the peacetime science fair is over" in an X article published Monday, sharpening its demand that military research programs produce technology that can move into operational use.…