A congressional audit of the Pentagon's major weapon systems portfolio reveals that two major acquisition reform initiatives -- statutory changes Congress spearheaded in 2009 and executive stratagems led by Defense Department procurement executives beginning in 2010 -- have yielded some success reigning in cost growth and improving buying power. The Government Accountability Office's annual review of the Pentagon's big-ticket weapon system acquisition programs concluded that in 2017, the total portfolio of major defense acquisition programs (MDAPS) increased in cost and...
