Data-backed review exposes urgent friction points threatening U.S. defense research enterprise

Data-backed review exposes urgent friction points threatening U.S. defense research enterprise

The Pentagon’s new comprehensive report on the state of America’s defense research enterprise spotlights severe structural, logistical and bureaucratic vulnerabilities undermining the military’s technological edge. “The average age of laboratory facilities across all the Services is greater than 45 years, with most built during the Cold War era,” it states. “These facilities are past their traditional life expectancies and the methods and requir…