Two senior Pentagon officials last month recommended that the services each create a permanent, headquarters-level position dedicated to improving weapon systems reliability, according to a recent Pentagon memo. Charles McQueary and James Finley, the director for operational test and evaluation and the deputy under secretary of defense for acquisition and technology, respectively, proposed the establishment of the new offices in a June 25 one-page memo to the service secretaries. Their recommendation comes in the wake of a June 2008 Defense...
