The Defense Department is poised to put renewed emphasis on experimental prototyping in search of next-generation capabilities, though the budgetary resources to eventually transition the technologies in formal programs of record remain either in question, or, in some cases, inconsequential, according to the Pentagon official overseeing the effort. "I don't know if it will drive resources just because of the broader budgetary situation," Ben Riley, deputy assistant secretary of defense for emerging capability and prototyping, said Friday at the Center...
