Defense Innovation Board wants new, Pentagon-wide tech accelerator

By Justin Doubleday / October 24, 2017 at 2:47 PM
The Defense Innovation Board is developing a recommendation for the Pentagon to set up a cross-service technology accelerator to help institutionalize rapid acquisition and clear the military's most pressing technological hurdles. The board's recommendation would have the deputy defense secretary identify the Defense Department's "most critical warfighting problems," not necessarily specific to any of the military services, that could then be addressed by a new or existing organization focused on rapid prototyping and acquisition, according to board member Milo Medin,...

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