
President Trump’s nominee to lead the Defense Department’s research and engineering (R&E) efforts says based on his experience in the technology industry there are some changes he could bring to bear about tradeoffs to speed decisions if he is confirmed. Industry chief technology officers (CTOs) typically have direct oversight of all a company’s engineers whereas in DoD the CTO has broader expertise due to having to advise multiple entities with “different systems,” Emil Michael wrote in answers policy questions of…