Navy Secretary Donald Winter says he wants to motivate defense contractors to do a better job building systems that are operationally suitable for military use, appropriately sustained on the battlefield, and produced on a predictable schedule and budget. In a speech delivered today at the Office of Naval Research's annual science and technology conference in Washington, DC, Winter addressed the full spectrum of Navy acquisition programs, from near-term efforts to support troops in Iraq and Afghanistan to multibillion-dollar warships being...
