Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall said today he would have had a "difficult" time providing Nunn-McCurdy recertification to the Air Force's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program had he not also decided to take over milestone decision authority for the effort. Kendall provided the certification to Congress in a June 12 letter that stated he had rescinded the authority from the Air Force and would personally assume that oversight role. Speaking at the annual Common Defense conference at the National Press...
