A group of House authorizers is seeking to elevate the importance of the Defense Department's laboratories by involving them in the weapon system requirements process and aligning them more closely with the commercial sector. The House Armed Services emerging threats and capabilities subcommittee recommends DOD "better enable laboratories and centers to embrace an open and innovative posture, while simultaneously becoming more active in the department's requirements process," according to the lawmakers' mark of the fiscal year 2019 defense policy bill...
