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...