House bill would have Pentagon compare new weapons to legacy systems

By Justin Doubleday / June 29, 2017 at 12:18 PM
A House defense policy bill would require the Pentagon's top weapons tester to include a comparison of a new weapon's capabilities against the abilities of the legacy system it's replacing. The House Armed Services Committee chairman's version of the fiscal year 2018 defense policy bill directs the director of operational test and evaluation to provide in test reports "a description of the performance of the items or components tested in relation to comparable legacy items or components, if such items...

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