Inside DOD's Jyn Erso initiative that is giving technically skilled soldiers an opportunity to build tech for the Army alongside experts from the private sector
Issie Lapowsky / Wired : Tweets: @dinodaizovi , @doctrine_man , @alexhern , @mattcutts , @hitpol , and @caitlin__kelly Tweets: Dino A. Dai Zovi / @dinodaizovi : “According to DDS, the Jyn 1 project cost the DOD less than $100,000, compared to the hundreds of millions of dollars that have been spent on contractors trying to solve the same problem.” http://twitter.com/... Doctrine Man / @doctrine_man : The kind of story you have read in its entirety. Ingenuity, entrepreneurism, and inventiveness... and having to fight every step of the way against an outdated and arcane acquisitions system. http://www.wired.com/... Alex Hern / @alexhern : lmao at the Pentagon naming a skunkworks team “Jyn Erso”, the character whose father was secretly inserting weaknesses into the weapons technology of the fascistic empire in an effort to prevent war http://www.wired.com/... Matt Cutts / @mattcutts : Read what the Defense Digital Service team has been working on: http://www.wired.com/... And if helping soliders, doctors, farmers, veterans, students, or small businesses sounds good to you, come join us: http://www.usds.gov/join HealthIT Policy / @hitpol : The @DeptofDefense Is Building a Dream Team of Tech-Savvy Soldiers from @WIRED #drones #military #cyberwarfare @LynchSeattle and @DefenseDigital building the soldiers of the future http://twitter.com/... http://twitter.com/... Caitlin Kelly / @caitlin__kelly : “I thought, My team is the best the country has to offer and that type of talent wouldn't exist in uniform today ... That's the thing that was wrong.” http://www.wired.com/...