
Kevin Landtroop
Kevin Landtroop is a former cavalry officer and attorney in the U.S. Army. Kevin currently develops strategies for technology startups to develop use-cases and deliver cutting-edge national security solutions. Kevin founded the Texas Defense Innovation Forum, served as Vice President and the inaugural director of the Center for Defense Innovation at the Capital Factory in Austin, Texas, and teaches Hacking for Defense at The University of Texas. Kevin currently works with a portfolio of over 100 dual-use companies helping them to overcome program and contracting challenges to deliver mission impact to warfighters.
Applied Innovation for National Security
Grayline Defense is proud to publish Zero to One in the DOD: The Materiel Innovation Pipeline, and announce the launch of Applied Innovation for National Security, a new executive education program at The University of Texas at Austin intended to deliver on the mandate to…
Kevin Landtroop
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Innovating the Profession of Arms: Education for Defense Innovation
The Department of Defense needs an innovation education overhaul. The Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Report from the Defense Innovation Unit notes: “[w]e live in an era in which technology competition is the new global battleground. Our adversaries are investing heavily, acting nimbly, and building strategically….
Kevin Landtroop
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