Another DOD strategy reiterates similar points the Pentagon has been echoing for years: the department needs to be digital, and in a big way.

Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work provides one of the most detailed descriptions to date of the military's high-tech offset strategy.

The pending nomination of Ashton Carter to be the next Defense secretary is unlikely to have an impact on the Defense Innovation Initiative or the third offset strategy — both of which are being led by Robert Work, the No. 2 official at the Pentagon and an enterprise visionary who's played a key role in the military's postwar transition strategies.