Pentagon Acquisition Chief Aims At Coordinated Defense R&D

The head of acquisition for the Pentagon says she is working on a new effort to coordinate the Defense Dept.'s research and development projects, reports Defense One.

Ellen Lord, the undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, indicated in a speech that she is putting together a list of desired technologies to coordinate the work being done by the Pentagon, as well as U.S. laboratories and government-funded research centers.

"We think that we have to make...