Defense Business Brief: A different Reagan Forum crowd | AI for shipyards | New CCA, who dis?

SIMI VALLEY, California—This year’s Reagan National Defense Forum had a slightly different mix: fewer uniforms, more Silicon Valley and finance types. The former likely reflected the Pentagon’s new restrictions on public engagements; the latter, a new willingness by financiers to invest in the defense industry. That trend was seemingly epitomized by JPMorgan Chase’s October announcement that it would invest up to $10 billion, as part of a much larger pledge, in &ldqu