
Director of Operational Test and Evaluation J. Michael Gilmore submitted a package of recommendations to the Defense Department’s acquisition reform compendium, which will be forwarded to congressional defense committees for consideration, and he said there is reason to believe this acquisition reform effort may yield results where others in the past have failed. A congressional acquisition reform effort, led by House Armed Services Committee vice chairman Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), is working in tandem with a Pentagon-led effort and is…