In this week’s episode of Building the Base, Hondo and Lauren join Brian Schimpf, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Anduril Industries, to discuss the future of the defense industrial network. 

Brian’s educational background as an industrial engineer, pioneer in automation and AI, and formative professional experiences at Palantir Technologies pushed him to co-found his own start-up in Silicon Valley. He thinks that the academic, commercial, and public sectors all have ways they can contribute and improve to create a stronger defense industry. Nonetheless, he shares an enthusiasm and optimism for the DoD’s acquisition and procurement potential and how the defense industry, especially tech companies, can help create a resilient and commercial future industrial network.

Hondo, Lauren, and Brian go on to discuss a variety of topics, including:

• The state of Silicon Valley and technology sector
• Future industrial network
• DoD acquisition and procurement
• Emerging technologies
• Academia in the sciences and the industrial base