Pentagon acquisition chief Bill LaPlante said today that defense industrial base policy is in the middle of a "pivot" driven by the need to fill capacity gaps highlighted by the ongoing war in Ukraine and the need to prepare to possibly aid Taiwan in the event of a conflict with China. “We've got to focus on production,” he said. “Production, production, production.” LaPlante, who spoke on a panel hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, said there has...
