The Pentagon issued a final rule today implementing part of the Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, which called for a preference for performance-based payments. A version of the rule was released in 2018 , setting off a firestorm after it included changes to progress payments as well. That version was eventually withdrawn under pressure from Capitol Hill and industry associations. The rule issued today includes "a number of changes" that "are expected to increase support for the rule,...
