The House Armed Services Committee, which last year worked with its Senate counterpart to secure landmark reforms to the Defense Department acquisition process, plans to build on those efforts with new legislation next month. Lawmakers on Feb. 3 heard testimony on the state of defense acquisition from a trio of former Pentagon officials: Christine Fox, former director of DOD's cost assessment and program evaluation shop; former DOD comptroller Bob Hale; and retired Adm. James Winnefeld, former vice chairman of the...