<p>The Keystone fire control module is weapon-agnostic from day one. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-bockmon-7970688/"><u>Bryan Bockmon</u></a>, CEO, President, &amp; Chairman of <a href="https://aim-lock.com/"><u>AimLock</u></a>, describes how the same edge computing system that directs a machine gun can be reconfigured for missiles, grenades, or lasers by rotating out effectors without rebuilding the platform. That modularity is a direct response to an increasingly common battlefield reality: adversaries iterate faster than any requirements-based acquisition process can respond, and single-purpose systems are obsolete before they&#39;re fielded.</p><p><br></p><p>Bryan also breaks down how AimLock used OTAs to compress the gap between prototype and deployable capability, why he believes the requirements-based procurement process will never work again, and what it actually costs in time and credibility to build defense tech a decade before the funded demand signal exists to support it. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Topics discussed:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Designing modular fire control systems that swap effectors and sensors to avoid obsolescence across evolving threat environments</p></li><li><p>Automating target acquisition and engagement with human operators retained in the kill-decision loop</p></li><li><p>Using other transaction authorities OTAs to prototype and test lethal systems outside standard federal acquisition regulations</p></li><li><p>Building defense tech a decade ahead of the funded demand signal and the timing risk that creates</p></li><li><p>Why single-purpose weapon systems fail against adversaries who iterate faster than requirements-based procurement can respond</p></li><li><p>Contrasting small business iteration speed with large prime bureaucracy and the collaboration model that bridges them</p></li><li><p>The counter-drone threat as an economic and tactical inflection point reshaping short-range air defense doctrine</p></li><li><p>Why the requirements-based procurement process is no longer viable and what replaces it in practice</p></li></ul>