Both the U.S. military and the commercial aviation industry are dangerously reliant on outdated, siloed, and fragile legacy software. These systems are difficult to modernize, leading to significant operational outages and an inability to leverage modern data analytics.
The era of assuming secure, efficient, "just-in-time" logistics is over. Adversaries, particularly China, are actively targeting supply chains, ports, and data infrastructure, turning logistics into a primary domain of conflict.
The traditional government model of spending hundreds of millions over a decade to build custom software is obsolete. The conversation advocates for adopting commercially-proven, dual-use software that is already operating at scale in the private sector.
The next evolution in operational software is the development of AI-driven systems that can predict and simulate future states. These "prediction machines" can model the impact of disruptions, optimize resource allocation, and suggest resilient courses of action.
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