# Christian Brose President and Chief Strategy Officer of [[Anduril]] (promoted January 2025 after six years as chief strategy officer). Before Anduril he was **staff director of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (2009–2018)**, working closely with Senator John McCain, and is the author of *The Kill Chain* (2020), an influential argument for software-defined, attritable military systems — essentially the doctrinal case for Anduril's product line. A key node in the revolving door between Senate defense oversight and the defense-tech industry it now shapes. Stub — expand with biography, *The Kill Chain* thesis, and revolving-door significance. ## See Also - [[Anduril]] - [[Anduril Leadership]] - [[Palmer Luckey]]