Frank Kendall, the Pentagon's acquisition chief, has retained milestone decision authority over seven of nine new-start programs, despite a measure in last year's defense authorization bill intended to begin transitioning more program oversight to the military service chiefs. The Pentagon provided a list of the seven programs that were re-designated to Kendall: "1. Future Vertical Lift Capability (Set 3) Program (Army); 2. Long Range Precision Fires Program (Army); 3. Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor Program (Army); 4. Next...