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The Former F-16 Pilot and National Security Expert Pushed the Pentagon to Innovate and Silicon Valley to Cooperate. They Resisted. “Babel” Publishes an Excerpt of Their Joint Book About These Efforts.
Raj Shah and Christopher Kirchhoff are the creators of the Pentagon's Defense Innovation Unit, which searches Silicon Valley for commercial technology for the U.S. military. Shah began his military career as an F-16 pilot before becoming a technology entrepreneur and venture capitalist. Kirchhoff, an expert in the latest technologies, was the director of strategic planning at the National Security Council of the United States. In 2026, the Ukrai…
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Raj Shah and Christopher Kirchhoff are the creators of the Pentagon's Defense Innovation Unit, which searches Silicon Valley for commercial technology for the U.S. military. Shah began his military career as an F-16 pilot before becoming a technology entrepreneur and venture capitalist. Kirchhoff, an expert in the latest technologies, was the director of strategic planning at the National Security Council of the United States. In 2026, the Ukrai…