President Donald Trump, joined by Michael Kratsios, signs a presidential memo for continued testing of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)-drones, at his Oval Office desk Oct. 25, 2017. (White House / Shealah Craighead)
The order borrows heavily from principles already established by the defense and intelligence communities, extending them to those outside the national security space.
Bases in San Diego, Washington state, Georgia and elsewhere will see new tech designed to help logistics and communications networks, among other things.
A look back at the relatively short history of the White House's chief technology officer role and accomplishments of the first four people to hold it.
The chair of the Defense Innovation Board, Eric Schmidt, technical advisor at Alphabet, Inc., opens the public meeting of the board, at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, D.C., Oct. 10, 2018. (DOD / Lisa Ferdinando)
Eric Schmidt and other influential DIB board members, including Jen Pahlka, ended their four-year terms offering DOD advice on how to work better with tech.