Defense Department officials are writing a budget request for fiscal year 2015 that seeks to protect critical components of the industrial base, after the FY ’13 sequestration cuts decimated all spending accounts and the FY ’14 spending plan focuses on restoring readiness and operations at the expense of procurement and research and development. Frank Kendall, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, said at a Center for a New American Security panel event Thursday evening that “we consciously…
