Top defense industry executives recently met with Frank Kendall, the Pentagon's acquisition chief, to voice objections to new Defense Department policies poised to increase the government's oversight of the money it spends reimbursing companies for independent research and development (IRAD), according to officials close to the matter. Kendall's presence at the April 24 meeting, arranged by the Aerospace Industries Association, was confirmed by Maureen Schumann, a Pentagon spokeswoman. An AIA spokesman declined to comment. A defense industry official, who spoke...
