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The Navy wants to fund the defense technologies industry may never build on its own
Key Takeaways
- ONR says it is focusing on technologies industry cannot or will not solve.
- Priority areas include undersea systems, power and energy, and transparent AI.
- Riley said the office is thinking across roughly 15 years of future needs.
- The shift comes as private defense-tech investment rises and federal priorities lean more toward applied research.
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DT Editorial Team··via defenseone.com