Shyam Sankar

So once you start unpacking the layers of how many things we're just covering down with human labor, you start to realize, oh, this stuff's going to go away. The humans are doing it slow. We're doing it at the speed that humans can do it. And we make mistakes when we're doing it. And it has a huge training burden to do it. So how long does it take to even ramp people up changes?

So I think it's going to be a pretty dramatic impact. You have to earn it, though. You have to kind of ship these innovations to the operating fighting force. And no one will be faster to adopt this than the fighting force. It makes them more survivable, more lethal. There was one project we did. At NTC, at Fort Irwin, the division was roaming around the desert.

So I think it's going to be a pretty dramatic impact. You have to earn it, though. You have to kind of ship these innovations to the operating fighting force. And no one will be faster to adopt this than the fighting force. It makes them more survivable, more lethal. There was one project we did. At NTC, at Fort Irwin, the division was roaming around the desert.

So I think it's going to be a pretty dramatic impact. You have to earn it, though. You have to kind of ship these innovations to the operating fighting force. And no one will be faster to adopt this than the fighting force. It makes them more survivable, more lethal. There was one project we did. At NTC, at Fort Irwin, the division was roaming around the desert.

You know, division, big army formation. But using the latest technology, just like this, they were able to get their division footprint down to 26 people. So instead of the normal 400-plus people you need, a big jock, big screens, which means the enemy can see you, you're pretty immobile, you're not going to be survivable, you're going to be blown to smithereens.

You know, division, big army formation. But using the latest technology, just like this, they were able to get their division footprint down to 26 people. So instead of the normal 400-plus people you need, a big jock, big screens, which means the enemy can see you, you're pretty immobile, you're not going to be survivable, you're going to be blown to smithereens.

You know, division, big army formation. But using the latest technology, just like this, they were able to get their division footprint down to 26 people. So instead of the normal 400-plus people you need, a big jock, big screens, which means the enemy can see you, you're pretty immobile, you're not going to be survivable, you're going to be blown to smithereens.

26 people, the red team could not find them in the desert.

26 people, the red team could not find them in the desert.

26 people, the red team could not find them in the desert.

Well, you definitely want first contact to be made by... entities that have no blood in their system, right? Like the front line of troops, but there's also the front line of robots, and that should be further front. And we need to be thinking about how we have less risk to force as a consequence and have, you know, improved mission outcomes by doing this.

Well, you definitely want first contact to be made by... entities that have no blood in their system, right? Like the front line of troops, but there's also the front line of robots, and that should be further front. And we need to be thinking about how we have less risk to force as a consequence and have, you know, improved mission outcomes by doing this.

Well, you definitely want first contact to be made by... entities that have no blood in their system, right? Like the front line of troops, but there's also the front line of robots, and that should be further front. And we need to be thinking about how we have less risk to force as a consequence and have, you know, improved mission outcomes by doing this.

I do think, though, that the tail is where the immense opportunity is. So the tail here, so yes, it's going to make the tooth sharper, and you're going to need fewer teeth. But the tail... is enormous. You have more people in the Acquisition Corps than you do in the Marine Corps. And the human processes that we use to support all of this is both very latent and slow.

I do think, though, that the tail is where the immense opportunity is. So the tail here, so yes, it's going to make the tooth sharper, and you're going to need fewer teeth. But the tail... is enormous. You have more people in the Acquisition Corps than you do in the Marine Corps. And the human processes that we use to support all of this is both very latent and slow.

I do think, though, that the tail is where the immense opportunity is. So the tail here, so yes, it's going to make the tooth sharper, and you're going to need fewer teeth. But the tail... is enormous. You have more people in the Acquisition Corps than you do in the Marine Corps. And the human processes that we use to support all of this is both very latent and slow.

It obfuscates indirectly just because humans are touching and massaging the data, like what's actually going on. And we need to integrate that. When I think about the most important missing strategic asset to the US government from a deterrence perspective, it is an integrated view from the factory floor to the foxhole.

It obfuscates indirectly just because humans are touching and massaging the data, like what's actually going on. And we need to integrate that. When I think about the most important missing strategic asset to the US government from a deterrence perspective, it is an integrated view from the factory floor to the foxhole.

It obfuscates indirectly just because humans are touching and massaging the data, like what's actually going on. And we need to integrate that. When I think about the most important missing strategic asset to the US government from a deterrence perspective, it is an integrated view from the factory floor to the foxhole.

And by that, I really mean, let's articulate the threats we care about under the timelines. These are the foxhole scenarios that matter to us. This is the national defense strategy. This is who we're trying to deter and when. And work that backwards to, based on what I'm spending and building, does any of that stuff matter? Will it be there in time?