Is “cheap mass” just a gateway to permanent software licensing in defense tech?

Neo-defense tech firms promise innovation, deterrence, and reindustrialization, but their real profit model may hinge less on hardware and more on locking in software. Here to sift through the hype and get to what it all means for the future of U.S. defense strategy is defense researcher analyst and War on the Rocks contributor, Jonathan Panter. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .