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https://defensescoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/06/GettyImages-490521403-1.jpg?w=600600419Leaders from 13 Silicon Valley defense tech and venture capital firms published an open letter Monday to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin calling for the Department of Defense to reform and modernize its acquisition process to better embrace and scale commercial innovation for military use.