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2020s Will Be Challenging Period For DoD Bill Payers, Kendall Says

2020s Will Be Challenging Period For DoD Bill Payers, Kendall Says
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall. Photo: DoD.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--The 2020s will be a challenging time period for the Defense Department as it grapples with how to pay for numerous high-priority weapons endeavors with bills that arrive at roughly the same time. "When we get to the (2020s), a lot of things have to be paid for at the same time," Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L) Frank Kendall told reporters Wednesday following a presentation here at the 2014 Air and Space Conference…

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