The position of under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics (AT&L) will survive intact for another fiscal year.Defense authorizers in the compromise version of the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill delayed until next year splitting Pentagon acquisition czar Frank Kendall’s position into two. If the bill was to be signed into law intact, AT&L would be split into two positions, effective Feb. 1, 2018: a chief technology officer called under secretary of defense focused on research and…
