AI pilots that can fly military aircraft when GPS and communications are jammed. Quantum sensors that can guide ships and aircraft without satellite signals. 3D-printed rocket engines that could make hypersonic weapons faster and less expensive to produce.
These next-generation defense technologies are being pioneered not by government laboratories or traditional defense contractors, but by privately financed startups. Yet even as America increasingly bets its security on private-sector innovation, its leaders have made it harder than ever for entrepreneurial companies to bring new technologies to market.
