A new proposal to consolidate many of the Defense Department's rapid-fielding offices will factor into a new Defense Science Board effort, kicked off today, reviewing the Pentagon's ability to meet commanders' urgent needs, according to the study chairman, Jacques Gansler. In a unreleased DSB study from last summer, titled "capability surprise," panelists recommended the creation of a Rapid Capability Fielding Office (RCFO) that would subsume the rapid-fielding shops in the Office of the Secretary of Defense with the exception of...
