Defense Acquisition executive John Young has created a working group charged with proposing new ways of providing battlefield commanders with military equipment urgently needed to plug unforeseen shortfalls, according to defense officials. Working group members are weighing new "rapid acquisition strategies, policies, [and] organization structures" capable of developing and delivering warfighting gear in response to pressing needs from battlefield commanders, the Pentagon's Ben Riley told InsideDefense.com July 17 following a panel discussion at the Center for Strategic and International Studies...
