The US Department of Defense is using subsidies to attract Silicon Valley startups to develop new weapons technologies to keep up with China. The Wall Street Gazette (WSJ).
According to the authors of the article, dependence on the development of a limited number of large companies is causing concern in the Pentagon, which is looking to find new suppliers.
Analysts noted that private companies in China are more actively involved in the development of new types of weapons, while state investment in the technology sector is estimated at $ 1 trillion. Against this background, China has achieved significant results in the so-called development. core technologies, including drones and hypersonic missiles.
“China is organized like Silicon Valley,” said Steve Blank, co-founder of the Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation at Stanford University.
At the same time, according to Blank, the Pentagon is organized as a Detroit automaker.
“This is not a fair fight,” the expert said.
According to the material, compared to 2017, the volume of venture capital investments in the defense and aerospace sectors of the United States increased by six times to $ 6 billion, but this is almost 150 times less than in China.
Former US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken judicial Competition with Russia and China is the main challenge for the US.