While the Pentagon has backed innovative approaches, such as Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA) and commercial paths, to help speed fielding, the DoD efforts thus far are insufficient, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a new report. "DoD remains alarmingly slow in delivering new and innovative weapon system capabilities, even as national security threats continue to evolve," Comptroller General Gene Dodaro wrote in an introduction to GAO's annual weapon systems assessment of nearly $2.1 trillion across 108 programs, including…
