New science and innovation board comes as Pentagon cuts science research elsewhere

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 future scientific and innovation progress for the Defense Department, creating new opportunities and new hurdles to long-standing Pentagon goals.Streamlining is a persistent