The Pentagon has begun enforcing a topline cost cap for its major weapon programs, the department's deputy arms buyer said recently. The new approach was used when starting the Army's Ground Combat Vehicle program, and it will be put in place on the Air Force's upcoming bomber program, according to Frank Kendall, principal deputy undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics. "We start a lot of programs we find out are unaffordable well after we spend a lot of…
DoD Begins Instituting Cost Caps At Program Inception
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