The Pentagon's new director of defense pricing, Shay Assad, will play a key role in advising and assisting the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program and other multibillion-dollar efforts as they conduct contract negotiations and aim to hit "should-cost" affordability goals. Assad told reporters today that he would work to implement Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter's "better buying power" initiatives. Assad said he will also focus in general on the pricing of contracts and would advise Carter on pricing and profit...
