New SECDEF directed to weigh in on SCO; former SECDEF skeptical of reorg under DARPA

By Tony Bertuca Jason Sherman / September 25, 2019 at 1:41 PM
Defense Secretary Mark Esper is being directed by Congress to promptly weigh in on the future of the Strategic Capabilities Office which this summer was effectively folded into the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, a move that former Defense Secretary Ash Carter says subverts the original intent of the SCO to solve "immediate battlefield problems." The Senate Appropriations Committee wants Esper to provide recommendations by Nov. 1 for enhancing SCO's ability to transition programs to the military services, according to...

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