We often hear at DoD conferences, industry days, and news feeds the question, “How do we inject more innovation into DoD capability development?” Often, the response is collaboration or innovation; however, this isn’t a clear answer because terms such as “innovation” are ambiguous concepts themselves. There are many ways to define “innovation” for the DoD, but for the purpose of this article, let’s define it simply as: “distinctive and novel software, hardware, or analytical processes that meet a DoD requirement.”