
Requiring that new weapons have some degree of openness to upgrades has been a Pentagon policy for decades, but the Defense Department needs to better enforce that expectation so emerging technologies can be integrated when available and appropriate, according to a former chief weapon buyer.Frank Kendall, who was the last undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics before Ellen Lord and the Trump administration undertook the bisecting of that position, said Jan. 22 that industry should be more often…