Senior Airman Domenic Ferrante, 379th Expeditionary Communications Squadron executive communications technician, re-images a government laptop at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Sept. 28.

Senior Airman Domenic Ferrante, 379th Expeditionary Communications Squadron executive communications technician, re-images a government laptop at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Sept. 28. Senior Airman Kylie Barrow/Air Force

GovExec Daily: The Future of Defense and Modernization

Defense One's Patrick Tucker speaks to Col. Elizabeth Sweet and Dr. Stephen Russell about how the Pentagon sees the future.

The future of war is unwritten, but the Defense Department is constantly analyzing and preparing for that future. In the electromagnetic spectrum, in the wilds of cyberspace and on the battlefield, modernization is always on the minds of Pentagon officials.

As part of GovExec Media’s Roadmap to Modernization event recently, Defense One Technology Editor Patrick Tucker spoke to Col. Elizabeth Sweet, Defense Engagement Lead, at the Defense Innovation Unit and Dr. Stephen Russell, Information Sciences Division Chief, U.S. Combat Capabilities Development Command, at the Army Research Laboratory. In this episode, they talk about how the  Defense Department is tackling the modernization challenges it faces.

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