Defense News: WASHINGTON — Instead of blowing up the Pentagon chief weapons buyer’s office, lawmakers will consider renaming it and creating a new chief technology officer charged with advancing technology and innovation.
Lawmakers negotiating on the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act agreed to the compromise language just as conferees are expected to sign off on the conference report for the legislation this week. It was first reported by Bloomberg on Monday and confirmed to Defense News by a source with knowledge of the talks.
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