Selva: DOD must capitalize on commercial innovation, imaging satellites

By Jordana Mishory / August 25, 2016 at 4:33 PM
The Pentagon must figure out how to capitalize on technological advances in the commercial realm, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Paul Selva said this week, stressing that the Defense Department needs to start working now on ways to take advantage of commercial imaging satellites. Speaking Aug. 25 at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Selva said it is no longer the case that most technology is born from inside the military. Rather, innovative technology will...

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