Shyu: Budget gridlock hamstrings Pentagon’s tech fast-track programs like RDER, APFIT
“On an annual basis, we have a CR, half the year’s gone,” the undersecretary for Research & Engineering said. “Our adversary doesn’t have the same constraints."
Pentagon CTO eyes increased experiments with Australia in rapid tech push
Although slim on details, Heidi Shyu told reporters today that DoD will conduct a Technology Readiness Experimentation event sometime this year with its Australian counterparts and will conduct a new sprint of RDER with them next year.
After 2 years of experimenting, Pentagon to evaluate RDER tech
“So the decision at the DMAG will be, should that be a single service, or [does] every service just buy what they want, right?” Heidi Shyu told reporters about the Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve.
Pentagon kicks off tech experiments aimed at joint requirements, RDER
A portion of the experiment will include opportunities for industry to showcase their technologies through a prototype technology display.
Can’t go it alone: DoD to ‘step away’ from conventional thinking in new S&T strategy
The plan lays out three lines of efforts: accelerating the development of joint warfighting capabilities, fielding capabilities at speed and scale, and ensuring the foundations for research and development through workforce development and upgrading physical and digital infrastructure.
DoD kickstarts tight-lipped RDER experiments this year: Official
"We're going to be off and running, literally demonstrating these prototypes in a contested environment," Heidi Shyu, under secretary of defense for research and engineering, said. "So it...can't just work in a lab. It's got to work in a real environment. And that's exactly what we're focusing on."
Pentagon boosts spending on R&D, JADC2 and cybersecurity in $145B budget
The Defense Department's research, development, test and evaluation budget request represents a 4 percent increase from FY23 levels, according to budget documents.