The Government Accountability Office has found the Pentagon's major acquisition programs have accumulated $615 billion in total cost growth since they began, a 52% increase, with about 60% of that growth being unrelated to increases in quantities purchased. The finding will be part of GAO's upcoming 2021 annual weapon systems assessment, according to Shelby Oakley, director of GAO's contracting and national security acquisitions team. Oakley, who testified today before the Senate Armed Services readiness subcommittee, said the upcoming report would...
