
A three-year old effort to rapidly experiment with prototype systems that could meet joint warfighting needs so far has fallen short of expectations and is not finding a home in the military services, according to Senate appropriators. The Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve (RDER) has “not resulted in accelerated fielding outcomes” and less than one-third of its programs in fiscal year 2023 “graduated” to the services, says a report accompanying the Senate Appropriations Committee’s recommendations for the FY ’25 defense spending…