The 5-Year Plan

The plan unfolds in phases: foundation, implementation, scale, readiness, and durable defensive advantage.

2026
Build the foundation
2027
Pilots into Operating Systems
2028
Scale and enforce
2029
Achieve durable readiness
2030
Maintain defensive advantage

2026

Year One

Build the foundation

2026 is the year to establish the legal, institutional, and technical foundation of the plan. The highest-leverage interventions must move from concept to implementation. By year-end, they must be underway: legislation introduced or advancing, standards drafted, pilots launched, commitments secured, and coordination mechanisms operating.

Prevent $90MDetect $40MDefend $220M
$350M
Suggested spend
Cumulative · $350M

2027

Year Two

Pilots into Operating Systems

2027 is the year the plan must move beyond promising starts. Systems launched in 2026 must become real operating capabilities: The goal is to move from standards to adoption, from pilots to functioning workflows, and from commitments to routine practice.

Prevent $100MDetect $50MDefend $300M
$450M
Suggested spend
Cumulative · $800M

2028

Year Three

Scale and enforce

2028 is the scale year. Voluntary systems must become enforceable; local systems must become multinational; We need to turn promising pilots into durable preparedness infrastructure.

Prevent $95MDetect $60MDefend $420M
$575M
Suggested spend
Cumulative · $1.4B

2029

Year Four

Achieve durable readiness

2029 is the readiness year. The right ideas are in motion and the system must be made to actually work under stress.

Prevent $75MDetect $55MDefend $520M
$650M
Suggested spend
Cumulative · $2.0B

2030

Year Five

Maintain defensive advantage

The purpose of these first five years is to establish a durable global defensive architecture that continues to improve over time.

Prevent $40MDetect $45MDefend $390M
$475M
Suggested spend
Cumulative · $2.5B