New legislation being considered by the House Armed Services Committee could result in the elimination or restructuring of the Strategic Capabilities Office by Oct. 1, 2020. The House Armed Services emerging threats and capabilities subcommittee's mark of the fiscal year 2019 defense authorization bill contains a provision that would "eliminate or transfer" the functions of the SCO, which is overseen by the Office of the Secretary of Defense. The provision would require the Defense Department to submit a new SCO...
