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Pentagon

Nominee For DoD’s Top R&E Role Wants To Make It Easier For Small Firms To Work With Pentagon

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, May 25th, 2021

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Nominee For DoD’s Top R&E Role Wants To Make It Easier For Small Firms To Work With Pentagon

Heidi Shyu, nominee to serve as the next under secretary of defense for research and engineering. Photo: U.S. Army

Heidi Shyu, the nominee to serve as the Pentagon’s next top technology official, said Tuesday she wants to make it easier for small firms to work with the department on emerging technologies, to include addressing the “valley of death” in moving innovation from prototyping to programs of record. Shyu, who once served as the Army’s acquisition executive, told the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) during her confirmation hearing the department should also assess its internal investment strategy to move on…

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