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Investigators visited 30 of these sites \u2014 or about one-third of total facilities \u2014 in what the report termed \u201cunprecedented data collection.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report presented a mixed picture of the Pentagon\u2019s research backbone. It found the defense research enterprise, or DRE, \u201cis fundamentally sound.\u201d However, it also \u201cneeds to rapidly adapt to a new environment moving at the accelerating pace of commercial technology and driven by a broader set of global security threats.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Research has been hampered by backlogged security clearances, limited funds to build or refurbish labs and a slow and difficult hiring process that discourages younger skilled personnel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nor does DoD have a clear handle on its research infrastructure, including a comprehensive list of specialized facilities, such as the Triaxial Earthquake and Shock Simulator in Illinois.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pentagon research facilities don\u2019t even speak a common language, the report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor example, a single technical domain may be variously labeled as 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ability to rapidly transition technologies from knowledge producers to capability fielders is severely degraded by structural and cultural barriers, specifically bureaucratic stovepipes, fragmented funding streams, and misaligned mechanisms, authorities, and incentives,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report took care to state that it is not calling for Pentagon research centers to be closed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe evidence in this report does not support consolidating or eliminating institutions: Most overlap is driven by mission need,\u201d the report says. \u201cThe findings suggest that the way to reform the DRE is to fix the system around its institutions \u2014 how authority, money, and decisions flow, and how the institutions are funded, measured, and governed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The study points to China as an example for DoD\u2019s research infrastructure, including partnering 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