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The Devil Vector1 comment

Jay Harrison wrote 2 months ago: Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke (He was actually a lot more fun than this picture makes him look … more →

Tags: asymmetric warfare, defense innovation, Defense Transformation, edgefighter, Mav6, Devil Vector

Improving the edgefighter experience1 comment

Jay Harrison wrote 10 months ago: Mav6: At the intersection of design and national security Too often in the defense industry, we buil … more →

Tags: Design, asymmetric warfare, edgefighter, Mav6, Defense Industry, Design Thinking, Defense

How Kinect Hacking Is Sparking Innovation | Mobiledia

Jay Harrison wrote 11 months ago: The idea of creating tech that is purposefully designed to be hacked (i.e. rapidly modified for cust … more →

Tags: Defense Innovations, defense innovation, Defense R&D, kinect, Hack

And The First Facebook IPO Hackathon Photos Roll In | TechCrunch

Jay Harrison wrote 12 months ago: Despite the IPO fiasco, FB has done a phenomenal job building a culture of disruptive innovation. Ho … more →

Tags: Defense Innovations, Defense Transformation, Defense Industry, Defense, facebook

Ford + TechShop: Getting Employees to Tinker | Wired Design | Wired.com

Jay Harrison wrote 1 year ago: Well, if Ford can do it, DoD can do it… How do we harness the ‘maker’ culture that … more →

Tags: Innovation, defense innovation, Defense, Ford, techshop

The Hacker Way

Jay Harrison wrote 1 year ago: ‘Hack’ graffiti at Facebook headquarters At Mav6, we like to use the term “Hack De … more →

Tags: Mav6, Defense Industry, Defense, facebook, The Hacker Way

Hacking Defense!

Jay Harrison wrote 1 year ago: Courtesy of our friends at Undercurrent. … more →

Tags: Mav6, undercurrent

Alchematter: A Wikipedia For People Who Make Things | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation | Smart Defense = Better Security

Jay Harrison wrote 1 year ago: Alchematter: A Wikipedia For People Who Make Things | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation … more →

Tags: Defense Innovations, Smart Defense, Social Media, Alchematter

Smart Defense2 comments

Jay Harrison wrote 1 year ago: Smart Defense = Better Security “Smart Defense” is the defense industry of the future. I … more →

Tags: Smart Defense, edgefighter, Mav6

Building a Defense innovation platform

Jay Harrison wrote 1 year ago: Gregg Sypeck and I recently completed a brainstorming session with our partners at C2 to prototype c … more →

Tags: Battle Forge, defense innovation, edgefighter, Mav6, Defense Industry

The innovation flash mob1 comment

Jay Harrison wrote 1 year ago: In today's war, our strategic reserve is the commercial tech base. It's time they joined t … more →

Tags: asymmetric warfare, Acquisition Reform, Defense Industry, defense innovation, Defense R&D, Defense Transformation, Design Thinking, edgefighter, Mav6

M1400 airship hull5 comments

Jay Harrison wrote 1 year ago: Following is a composite pic of the Mav6 M1400 airship hull (courtesy of Maverick LeAnn Reed) from t … more →

Tags: Blue Devil, edgefighter, Mav6, Blue Devil Block II, M1400 airship

Design @ Mav6

Jay Harrison wrote 1 year ago: The Mav6 business model is based around the idea of harvesting insights and inspiration from the edg … more →

Tags: Design Thinking, Battle Forge, edgefighter, Mav6

Some thoughts on the Battle Forge vision

Jay Harrison wrote 1 year ago: “It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor m … more →

Tags: Battle Forge, Dave Ruppert Mav6, Defense Industry, defense innovation, Defense Transformation, Design Thinking, edgefighter, Mav6

In defense, it's the ideas that matter1 comment

Jay Harrison wrote 1 year ago: I had the opportunity to attend TEDxPennQuarter 2011 this past Tue October 18 with some members of t … more →

Tags: defense industry, defense innovation, Defense Transformation, asymmetric warfare, edgefighter, Mav6, Defense Industry, Design Thinking, Acquisition Reform

AUSA all over again

Jay Harrison wrote 1 year ago: The annual AUSA meeting and exposition was held in Washington, DC this past week. As usual, military … more →

Tags: defense industry, defense innovation, Defense Transformation, edgefighter, Mav6, Defense Industry, Defense R&D, AUSA

More capability, less cost?

Jay Harrison wrote 1 year ago: The M1400 airship features a modular Payload Integration Infrastructure (PII) that supports the rapi … more →

Tags: ISR, defense innovation, Defense Transformation, asymmetric warfare, edgefighter, Mav6, Defense Industry, Defense R&D, Blue Devil Block II

Can artistry teach us anything about the business of Defense?

Jay Harrison wrote 1 year ago: Some interesting insight from The Economist. Are there lessons here for transformation of the Defens … more →

Tags: Design Thinking, defense innovation, Defense Industry

Mav6 strategy introspective

Jay Harrison wrote 1 year ago: I’ve always thought that it’s a bit silly to shroud one’s business plan in secrecy … more →

Tags: Mav6, defense innovation, Defense Transformation, edgefighter, Defense Industry, Design Thinking, Acquisition Reform, Defense start-up, Defense R&D


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