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Defense- & Dual-Use Technologies Edition

Five Frontiers of Future Warfare

The capabilities that will define military advantage in an age of autonomous, networked, and contested conflict.

Oct 17, 2025
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It’s finally the weekend,

It should come as no surprise to any subscriber of Building our Future that the Defense Tech sector has grown considerably over the past few years.

We’ve charted that growth, the underlying shifts, and drivers behind it.

We’ve warned when things looked too frothy, given tactical advice to investors and founders on how to succeed when things get tough, and provided guidance on where to focus their efforts and investments to avoid herd mentality and contribute more meaningfully to the future of defense.

For policymakers and military leaders, we’ve offered sound advice on how to build the defense industrial base capable of prevailing in protracted conflict and how to leverage technology to overcome key operational problems that our pacing threat may pose.

This is hard work, and we do it because each member of our team is committed to contributing meaningfully to national defense, prosperity, and global security.

At times, we drift from our core focus on defense tec…

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