Pentagon procurement chief Ashton Carter last week approved new guidance on how the Defense Department will implement congressionally mandated directives designed to reform DOD's acquisition process. The directive-type memorandum (DTM), signed Dec. 4, reflects a number of new changes made to the department's weapons development and procurement process included in the fiscal year 2009 Weapons Acquisition Reform Act. InsideDefense.com obtained a copy of the final DTM. The guidelines outlined in the Dec. 4 memo remain largely unchanged from a previous...
