Where critics see overlap, Shyu draws line between RDER, service-led demos

By Briana Reilly / September 26, 2022 at 1:40 PM
The Pentagon's chief technology officer says a fledgling experimentation initiative billed as a way to fill critical capability gaps across the joint force is unlike existing service-led demonstrations in large part because officials are approaching the problem set with different goals in mind. In a recent interview with Inside Defense , Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu emphasized that the Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve is looking for capabilities to potentially “transform” the development of tactics, techniques...

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