In this week’s episode of Building the Base, Hondo and Lauren join Raanan Horowitz, Chief Executive Officer of Elbit Systems of America, to discuss the future of the defense industrial network.

Raanan's varied portfolio in key industries of the future industrial network and former military experience has made him an advocate for an engaged dialogue between the DoD and the private sector in a closed-loop, manufacturer-end-user system. He emphasizes the need to involve small- and mid-range companies in the conversation to avoid inefficiencies in the future industrial network. Raanan believes that the key to emerging technologies in national security is learning how to bring the needs of the warfighter to the innovator.

Hondo, Lauren, and Raanan go on to discuss a variety of topics, including:

• The private and public partnership
• International business in an era of great power competition
• Create a strong national security workforce
• Integrating new technologies into the public sector
• Diversifying businesses in the government portfolio