Defense Innovation Board Chairman Eric Schmidt believes the board will examine the aftermath of new legislation that disestablishes the Pentagon's acquisition chief. Speaking with reporters at a roundtable Tuesday, Schmidt, the executive chairman of Alphabet, said he's "sure that we would be involved" once the leadership makes its decisions. The Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act calls for disestablishing the acquisition chief position and replacing it with an under secretary of defense for research and engineering (R&E) and an...
