
Language requiring the Air Force secretary to develop a plan to implement a new acquisition strategy for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program made it into the fiscal year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The NDAA specifically requires a general description of how the Air Force secretary, which is now Deborah James, will conduct competition with respect to awarding a contract to certified EELV launch providers as described in a Nov. 27, 2012, Acquisition Decision Memorandum (ADM). Such…