{"id":55706,"date":"2017-11-20T12:36:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T12:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2017\/11\/20\/google-exec-pentagon-making-slow-but-steady-progress-on-innovation\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:10:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:10:17","slug":"google-exec-pentagon-making-slow-but-steady-progress-on-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2017\/11\/20\/google-exec-pentagon-making-slow-but-steady-progress-on-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Google exec: Pentagon making slow but steady progress on innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

HALIFAX, Canada \u2014 The Pentagon is moving out on implementing some of the suggestions of its all-star board of thought leaders in science and commercial tech, but the pace of change is still slow compared to the commercial sector, Google\u2019s top executive said Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking at the Halifax International Security Forum, Eric Schmidt, chair of Google parent company Alphabet and head of the Defense Innovation Advisory Board, said the Defense Department is taking the board\u2019s advice seriously and making progress \u2014 albeit not as quickly as he would like to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m told that the Defense Department is moving at lightning speed on some of our recommendations,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, good job. Their definition of lightning speed and my definition of lightning speed might not agree, but they\u2019re working hard on it. We have a lot of support from [Defense Secretary] Gen. [Jim] Mattis and the team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t