The Pentagon has directed its recently rechartered Defense Innovation Board to create a task force to provide advice on the development of a national defense science and technology strategy. In a Dec. 15 letter to the board , Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu codified the Pentagon’s science and technology priorities laid out during an October meeting , the first since Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered a “zero-based review” of all of the Pentagon’s advisory boards...
