Emil Michael’s 6 DOD Tech Priorities—What GovCons Need to Know

GovCon Wire – The Pentagon’s research and engineering enterprise is entering one of its most decisive restructuring periods in more than a decade. Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael has formally trimmed the department’s sprawling list of 14 “critical technology areas” down to six streamlined priorities, a shift he said will finally allow the Defense Department to focus resources, accelerate delivery and avoid “diluted” effort across disconnected portfolios, Breaking Defense reported.