The Senate Armed Services Committee wants the Pentagon to establish a new advisory panel that would help reform the requirements process used to procure U.S. weapon systems, including a "clean-sheet approach." The 10-member panel, according to the committee’s version of the fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill , would have a broad mandate to “examine the effectiveness of the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System process, and adjacent practices of the Department of Defense, particularly with respect to facilitating defense...