China’s threats to invade Taiwan and Russia’s attack on Ukraine are pushing the Pentagon to seek out adapt to a changing global security environment, the author of a new report on Defense Department innovation said this week. “The fact the red lights are blinking should wake us from the stupor,” said Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment CEO Thomas Mahnken said Tuesday. Innovators in the services and the Pentagon and senior uniformed and civilian leaders can come to an understanding that those kinds of new threats defy “conventional solutions.” “Innovation doesn’t just happen,” he added. First comes speculation, followed by … Continue reading New Study on the History of Pentagon Reforms Holds Warnings for Current DoD Innovation Efforts