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The Department of War senior acquisition leadership — the people who decide what and how the DoW buys equipment and services — is now headed by people from private capital (venture capital and private equity).
Here are a few examples: 

Deputy Secretary of War Steven Feinberg ran Cerebus Capital
Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll was a former VC and investment banker
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan ran MSD capital.

The American Revolution is often remembered through iconic images of George Washington crossing the Delaware or the dramatic surrender at Yorktown. Yet beneath these defining moments lay a complex web of leadership, endurance, and strategic insight that sustained the Patriot cause through years of hardship.
Related: Daniel Morgan’s Revolutionary War riflemen were America’s original scout snipers
Among the men who made independence possible, Nathanael Greene stands as one of the most important and least fully appreciated figures.

Work to develop a very heavy ultra long range sixth generation fighter for the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force has reached a further milestone, with the fourth prototype airframe having reportedly made its first flight. This occurred little over a year after the fighter’s unveiling on December 26, 2024, with the entry of four separate incrementally more refined aircraft into flight testing highlighting the rapid progress being made by the program.