Lawmakers are using the fiscal year 2023 defense policy bill to push for changes to the military's innovation ecosystem, including through a provision seeking to produce a framework for bolstering the current capability environment. Beyond that, the compromise version of the legislation, which has now cleared both the House and Senate and awaits the president's signature, supports a boosted budget for the Defense Innovation Unit and further changes to two recently reauthorized small business programs. Still, members stopped short of...
