“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.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.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.
By Jaspreet Gill“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.
By Jaspreet GillA portion of the experiment will include opportunities for industry to showcase their technologies through a prototype technology display.
By Jaspreet GillThe 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.
By Jaspreet Gill“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.”
By Jaspreet GillThe Defense Department’s research, development, test and evaluation budget request represents a 4 percent increase from FY23 levels, according to budget documents.
By Jaspreet Gill“I think it’s important to understand as long as we have funding, we’re always interested, whoever has a great idea that has a prototype you can bring to the table to demo,” Heidi Shyu, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, told reporters.
By Jaspreet Gill“…[W]hen you have a living and breathing threat, you need to think about the things such as a contested and congested environment,” Maj. Gen. Rob Collins, the service’s program executive officer for command, control, communications-tactical (PEO C3T) said.
By Jaspreet GillThe Pentagon wants at least $70 million for its Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve and $76.79 million for its Artificial Intelligence and Data Accelerator, budget documents show.
By Jaspreet GillThe $130.1 billion research, development, test and evaluation budget represents a 9.5% increase over last year’s levels.
By Jaspreet GillPentagon already planning for FY24 rapid experimentation “sprints,” Heidi Shyu, under secretary for research and engineering, said.
By Jaspreet GillUndersecretary for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu to brief defense secretary today on how Pentagon can bridge over the dreaded tech “valley of death” between the lab and the battlefield.
By Jaspreet GillDoD investments in small satellites to date are mostly in the realm of communications and remote sensing, says OUSDR&E’s Doug Schroeder.
By Theresa Hitchens