Pentagon technology chief Heidi Shyu has established a new "strategic investment capital" task force at the Defense Innovation Board to advise the department on how to best collaborate with the private sector to bolster research and development in key areas. Shyu, in a Dec. 15 memo, said the Defense Department’s “ability to build enduring technological advantage is predicated on collaboration with the private sector and the open markets.” “The department must therefore think more holistically about ways to signal and...