The Pentagon is standing up five review panels to support Defense Department decision-makers in analyzing and prioritizing warfighting requirements for the future force. The creation of the so-called Functional Capabilities Boards (FCBs) is at the core of sweeping reform to the department's requirements generation process designed to foster joint capabilities in the earliest stages of program development. The new guidelines, as spelled out in the revised Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction 3170 -- approved by the chairman,...
