Validation of Emerging Defense & Detection Equipment for Readiness (VEDDER) Prototype Accelerator

f China (PRC), which leverages Military-Civil Fusion to mandate the immediate transfer of commercial breakthroughs to military applications. Traditional Department of War (DoW) acquisition models operating on 7-to-15-year timelines are structurally incapable of pacing the threat in rapidly evolving

domains like biotechnology and artificial intelligence (AI). To maintain technological overmatch and secure the United States� biotechnology ecosystem (projected to exceed $1.5 trillion), the Government requires an asymmetric response that