Griffin taps senior DARPA official as interim SCO director

By Jason Sherman / June 25, 2019 at 2:26 PM
The Pentagon's chief technology officer has tapped David Honey, a senior Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency official, to temporarily head the Strategic Capabilities Office. The move appears to pave the way for folding the SCO into DARPA, despite the concerns raised by combatant commanders and lawmakers. On June 18, two work days after Michael Griffin requested Chris Shank's resignation as SCO director in a dispute over the proposed reorganization, Griffin named an interim successor. "As we consider the realignment of...

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