The Pentagon's chief technology officer has directed an influential science advisory board to conduct a "tabletop exercise" focused on strategic, operational and budgetary recommendations to bolster the U.S. military in the Asia-Pacific region. “In conducting this Tabletop Exercise, the [Defense Science Board] should focus on matters concerning science, technology, manufacturing, and acquisition process,” according to an Aug. 17 memo to the DSB signed by Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu. The memo was just made publicly...
