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The way in which the Department of Defense buys weapons needs a "radical" overhaul, according to a major new review of the current acquisition system. The recently released "Defense Acquisition Performance Assessment," which received little attention, aims to be as important as the "Packard Commission" study that set the stage for acquisition reform back in the mid-1980s.
A lot has changed since that report, says the new assessment, including a growing sense of distrust with the acquisition system among members of Congress and the Defense Department's senior leadership. Fueling this distrust is the escalating cost of...
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