
The Pentagon has submitted reports to Congress outlining cost changes to major acquisition programs while noting that it was the first time in recent history that no programs reached a cost increase threshold that could trigger a forced restructuring. The Pentagon provided “Select Acquisition Reports” for 78 programs, saying that overall there was a nearly $40 billion, or 2.4 percent, combined increase across all of the programs, attributing most of that growth to increased quantities of planned unit buys, higher…