Articles on Military Innovation
“Achieving Breakthrough: Maneuver Warfare in the Face of Robotic Mass,” War on the Rocks, 8 October 2026.
“MacGyver at Scale: Winning Future Air Wars of Rapid Technological Adaptation,” War on the Rocks, 1 October 2026.
“Every Airman and Guardian a Technologist: Fostering a Disruptive Technology Culture,” Air and Space Power Journal 35, no. 2, Summer 2021, 77-90.
“Accelerating Military Innovation: Lessons from China and Israel,” Joint Force Quarterly 98, 3rd Quarter 2020, 10-19.
“Ground Combat Overmatch Through Control of the Atmospheric Littoral,” Joint Force Quarterly 94, 3rd Quarter 2019, 64-73.
“Promoting Disruptive Military Innovation: Best Practices for DoD Prototyping and Experimentation Programs,” Defense Acquisition Research Journal 25, no. 1, 1 January 2018, 2-29.
“How to Be an Effective Military Innovation Champion,” Defense AT&L Magazine, July-August 2018, 2-6.
Select Presentations
“Building Future Doctrine for Military Human-Machine Teaming: Goals, Trust, and Effective Teamwork in the Age of Autonomy.” Alpha Blue ’27, Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL, 14 October 2026.
“The Impact of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Drones on the Future of Warfare.” Air War College, Joint All Domain Operations Seminar, Maxwell AFB, AL, 14 October 2026.
“The Changing Character of War: Strategic Disruption and a New Era of Transformation.” USAF Squadron Officer School, Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL, 13 October 2026.
Advancing Interoperability and Integration of Autonomous Systems for Multi-Domain Operations (panel speaker), APEX Defense conference, Washington, DC: 27-28 January, 2026.
Dominating the Land Domain with Aerial Drones in the Near-Earth Airspace (panel speaker), VERTEX Air-Ground Littoral, Austin, TX: 17 July 2024.
“Research Priorities to Enable Future Control of the Atmospheric Littoral.” Workshop to Identify Fundamental Research Needed for Intelligent Battlefield Weapon Systems. Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD: 6 April 2022.
“Control of the Atmospheric Littoral: An Emerging Conceptual Framework for Robotics in Maneuver Warfare.” Maneuver Warfighter Conference, Ft. Benning, GA: 15-17 February 2022.
“Control of the Atmospheric Littoral: A Potential Doctrine to Enable Overmatch in Maneuver Warfare.” Presentation to the combined Army Centers of Excellence, Ft. Benning, GA: 28 July 2021.
“Fostering Emerging Robotics Autonomy Doctrine to Guide Future Force Design.” Army Robotics Portfolio Integration Meeting (ARPIM), virtual: 24 March 2021.
“Control of the Atmospheric Littoral: A Future Doctrinal Framework for Unmanned Systems in Ground Combat.” Naval Counter-Improvised Threat Knowledge Network Meeting (virtual): 7 January 2021.
Placing Disruptive Technology Bets Amidst Uncertainty (panel speaker), Wharton Aerospace Conference, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA: 8 March 2019.
Promoting Disruptive Military Innovation: Best Practices for DoD Prototyping and Experimentation Programs. Joint Conference of the Military Sensing Symposia, Gaithersburg, MD: 22-25 October 2018.
“How to Make Innovation Happen in the DoD.” Keynote presentation to the Pacific Operational Science and Technology Conference, US Indo-Pacific Command, Honolulu, HI: 6 March 2018.