Contracting delays, retaining skilled workers, a tight budget and faltering facilities are among the top obstacles to greater innovation, outgoing Air Force Research Laboratory Commander Lt. Gen. Robert McMurry told the House Armed Services emerging threats and capabilities subcommittee at a hearing on the Defense Department's research laboratories this week . Penny-pinching may also be preventing the services from turning new technologies into fielded programs, McMurry said Sept. 28. "It's really just getting the agreement that we're going to transition...
