Defense industry advocates say they are waiting for the Pentagon to implement more than 150 acquisition reform measures passed into law several years ago, and they hope new legislation being drafted by House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Mac Thornberry (R-TX) will do something to break up the bureaucratic logjam. Wes Hallman, senior vice president for policy at the National Defense Industrial Association, said he hopes Thornberry can hold "the executive branch's feet to the fire." "There's a lot of...
