I know they have research groups like ARPA back in the day that gave us the internet we know and love from ARPAnet. But they really do need a startup like menta

I know they have research groups like ARPA back in the day that gave us the internet we know and love from ARPAnet. But they really do need a startup like mentality with smaller teams inside to come up with competing ideas. Defense contractors probably have something like this internally and that may be why they won out over bureaucracy, but that then leads to companies blaming one another for changes/scope/spec problems. Prototypes probably aren't focused on enough to shake out issues early on and throughout. Or maybe do more x-prize type events for skunkworks starting and recruiting. Self-driving cars really came from this with the DARPA Grand Challenge. With DARPA like challenges, as a side benefit, ideas can both be military and commercially available and it helps people understand that military funds aren't just for blowing things up but lots of great tech come from it. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA_Grand_Challenge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA_Grand_Challenge