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Acquisition Responsibility Should Be Kept Within OSD, Former Top Pentagon Official Says

Valerie Insinna

Wednesday, June 24th, 2015

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Acquisition Responsibility Should Be Kept Within OSD, Former Top Pentagon Official Says

A cornerstone of the Senate’s acquisition reform legislation—taking away acquisition responsibility from the Office of Secretary of Defense and placing it with the service chiefs—could end up compounding problems with cost growth, a former top Pentagon official said today.Both the House and Senate defense authorization bills contain many good changes to acquisition policy, said Christine Fox, who formerly held positions in the Defense Department including the acting deputy defense secretary and director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE). However,…

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Baldwin Concerned With Army’s JLTV ‘Mismanagement,’ Seeks Support For Marines’ Procurement Plans

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Congress

SASC Cites Concern With Army’s sUAS Approach, Seeks Info On Plans To Scale Fielding

Senate defense authorizers are seeking more info from the Army on its plans for scaling and deploying small drone capabilities citing concern with the service’s current “fragmented and insufficient” approach. […]

SASC Bill Would Raise Amphib Requirement To 33 Ships

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) fiscal year 2027 defense policy bill adds new provisions that would raise the Navy and Marine Corps’ minimum requirement for amphibious warships and extend […]

Army

Army Plans To Initiate ISV-Heavy Competition Later This Year, Official Says

The Army is planning to initiate its competition to build the Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV)-Heavy in the fourth quarter of this year, a senior acquisition official has said. Jesse Tolleson, […]