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DoD Tech Chief Shyu Begins More Focused Engagement With Commercial Space Sector

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

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DoD Tech Chief Shyu Begins More Focused Engagement With Commercial Space Sector

Heidi Shyu, under secretary of defense for research and engineering, addressing attendees at the 38th Space Symposium. Photo: Space Symposium

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The Pentagon’s chief technology officer has begun a new effort to work more closely with the commercial space sector to better and more quickly leverage the rapid innovation being churned out by companies. The new effort within the under secretary of defense for research and engineering will by led by Lindsay Millard, the principal director for space within the office, Heidi Shyu said on Tuesday at the Space Symposium here. Millard’s goal will be to “incorporate the incredible…

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