SIMI VALLEY, CA -- The Defense Department is readying plans to integrate a 2024 advanced technology experimentation exercise with similar Australian efforts down under after both nations this fall exchanged observers at key events, according to the Pentagon's top technology development official. Heidi Shyu, under secretary of defense for research and engineering, said a collaborative event in the Southern Hemisphere is in the works as part of the Technology Readiness Experimentation campaign, following a 10-day event at Camp Atterbury and...