New science-and-innovation board arrives as Pentagon cuts research

The Pentagon’s new science and innovation board, announced last week, merges the Defense Innovation Board with the Defense Science Board to “streamline” how the department addresses the hardest technological and scientific national security challenges. But it comes on the heels of cuts that could undermine scientific and innovation progress.Streamlining is a persistent target for the Pentagon. But it’s one that it has had trouble achieving in previous years, accordin