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Senate Panel Questions Effectiveness Of DoD Rapid Experimentation Effort

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, August 5th, 2024

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Senate Panel Questions Effectiveness Of DoD Rapid Experimentation Effort

Heidi Shyu, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering

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…

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