Analysis: Defense procurement is shifting toward small, rapidly scaling teams

An analysis characterizes the current administration as moving toward contracts with very small defense-tech teams in response to drone warfare and AI warfare. It argues that the government should not rely solely on cost-plus arrangements with the existing defense industrial complex.

The analysis says teams of two or four people can receive seven-figure contracts and then grow into teams of 20 or 30 people supported by hundreds of agents. The claim is presented without further specifics in the supplied material.