White House OMB sends out FY-19 defense R&D wish list

By Tony Bertuca / August 23, 2017 at 4:30 PM
The White House Office of Management and Budget wants the Defense Department to give "special focus" to missile defense, hypersonic weapons, autonomous and space-based systems as well as other technologies when drawing up research and development investments for fiscal year 2019, according to a recent memo. The Aug. 17 OMB memo, which highlights the Trump administration's R&D priority areas for the entire government, states "the American warfighter requires state-of-the art tools and technologies to defeat a growing number of emerging...

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