Model deployment within 30 days of public release is now a primary procurement criterion. Architectures that can't hot-swap models are obsolete by policy. Insertion plans must assume the model layer churns monthly — design evaluation harnesses, not model lock-in.
Replicator's autopsy is explicit: drones existed, but software to orchestrate heterogeneous swarms didn't. DAWG's $54.6B and Swarm Forge both chase that gap. L4 orchestration is the decade's highest-leverage insertion point.
The CCA's government-owned A-GRA flew plug-and-play autonomy in Feb 2026. Government reference architectures define the insertion interface: conform and you can insert every increment; don't, and you're locked out of the platform generation.
The Data Decrees force release of DoW data to cleared users with valid purpose; Advana is being restructured into the War Data Platform. Incumbent advantage built on data hoarding erodes; advantage rebuilds around data engineering and pipeline quality.
Ender's Foundry makes the simulation environment a continuous insertion path: capabilities proven in sim-dev/sim-ops loops transition on PSP timelines, not acquisition timelines. Digital-twin and synthetic-environment competence becomes an entry ticket.
Everything above accelerates capability; almost nothing accelerates trust. AI test & evaluation, autonomy certification, and counter-AI hardening are the longest bars on the horizon — and the scarcest skill set. The unglamorous long-position for 2030–2035.
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