New Tasking for Defense Science Board.

• Author: Book, Elizabeth G.
• Position: Brief Article

The undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, Edward "Pete" Aldridge, Jr. directed the Defense Science Board (DSB) to take a new look at the work the panel did on homeland defense. The DSB released a two-volume study earlier this year on the subject of homeland defense, specifically addressing the threats of bioterrorism, chemical attacks and cyber-warfare. An ad-hoc DSB group is being assembled to look at these studies and make them more relevant to the realities of U.S. national security since the terrorist attacks of September 11.

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