House panel directs new National Security Science and Technology Strategy for $15B portfolio

By Jason Sherman / May 14, 2018 at 3:21 PM
A house panel has adopted legislation that would require the Defense Department to prepare a National Security Science and Technology Strategy annually, an assessment to be provided to Congress that explicitly prioritizes investments across a $15 billion research portfolio that aims to provide the building blocks for potential new weapons. The House Armed Services Committee, in its version of the fiscal year 2019 defense authorization bill, would direct the defense secretary to prepare a strategy to guide "science and technology...

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