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US Military Taps Spirit of Free Enterprise to Counter China

US Military Taps Spirit of Free Enterprise to Counter China
The Bell V-280 Valor participated in flight tests in Amarillo, Texas, in July 2018. Photo courtesy of Bell
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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With the Chinese military looming ever larger in the rearview mirror, the United States military is increasingly turning to the spirit of tech startups to boost clear of Beijing’s state-owned, light-fingered tech companies.

National security analysts are calling on the government for a “moonshot” effort to harness old-fashioned American free-market enterprise to counter Chinese tech that is already a match in fields such as AI, cloud computing, and hypersonic.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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