The chair of the Transition Tracking Action Group (TTAG) told Inside Defense yesterday the group will provide recommendations to Defense Department programs involved in bridging the acquisition "valley of death," like the Replicator initiative and the Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve (RDER). The TTAG, which Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu inaugurated last week , focuses on ensuring cutting edge systems and tools get fielded quickly. Cyrus Jabbari, R&E’s chief data officer and the chair of...