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Pentagon To Create New Weaponry Requirements Process

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Monday, April 18th, 2011

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By Marina Malenic The military is scrapping its elaborate process for deciding requirements for future weapon systems established under the Bush administration, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said last week. "It has been gamed to death," Marine Gen. James Cartwright said of the Joint Capabilities Integration Development System, or JCIDS. "We're going to throw it away." Cartwright was speaking at the annual National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs on April 14. JCIDS, initiated by former Defense…

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