US defense secretary calls for faster technology development
Posted May 25, 2016 7:00 am
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter says a naval facility in Rhode Island is doing what the entire Defense Department should do: develop technology more quickly.
Carter made the comments Wednesday about the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, where he saw the latest in unmanned vehicles and other undersea technologies.
He told students at the U.S. Naval War College the defense industry once had a stronger connection to the technology industry, and he's spending a lot of time in Silicon Valley and Boston trying to restore it.
He also says he's concerned about budget instability.
Carter visited Rhode Island as part of a three-day trip to New England to see Navy installations and meet service members.
U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter comments on the course an unmanned surface vehicle traveled in the bay, which he had plotted on a computer at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Wednesday, May 25, 2016, in Newport, R.I. Carter told students at the nearby U.S. Naval War College in Newport that the government needs to develop technology faster and reconnect with the tech industry. (AP Photo/Jennifer McDermott)
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U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, foreground, uses a computer to set the course for an unmanned surface vehicle in adjacent the bay at Naval Undersea Warfare Center Wednesday, May 25, 2016, in Newport, R.I. Carter told students at the nearby U.S. Naval War College in Newport that the government needs to develop technology faster and reconnect with the tech industry. (AP Photo/Jennifer McDermott)
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U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, left, listens to George Maris, right, Division Head at Naval Undersea Warfare Center, explain the center's unmanned surface vehicle program Wednesday, May 25, 2016, in Newport, R.I. Carter told students at the nearby U.S. Naval War College in Newport that the government needs to develop technology faster and reconnect with the tech industry. (AP Photo/Jennifer McDermott)
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