On January 20, Stephen Rodriguez, senior advisor at Forward Defense and director of FD’s Commission on Software-Defined Warfare was a featured guest on the podcast Building the Base, hosted by Hondo Geurts, commissioner on the Commission on Software-Defined Warfare. The episode, entitled “Looking Ahead: National Security in a New Administration with Nadia Schadlow and Stephen Rodriguez,” focused on the need for the Department of Defense to accelerate pathways to adoption of cutting-edge technologies, the crafting of an effective National Security Strategy, and the potential benefits of utilizing innovative technologies to reform the department. The Commission on Software-Defined Warfare’s upcoming final report was highlighted.
Forward Defense, housed within the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, generates ideas and connects stakeholders in the defense ecosystem to promote an enduring military advantage for the United States, its allies, and partners. Our work identifies the defense strategies, capabilities, and resources the United States needs to deter and, if necessary, prevail in future conflict.
Forward Defense’s Commission on Software-Defined Warfare aims to digitally transform the armed forces for success in future battlefields. Comprised of a distinguished group of subject-matter and industry commissioners, the Commission has developed a framework to enhance US and allied forces through emergent digital capabilities.
