NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- Pursuing an Advanced Battle Management System will require an entirely new approach to acquisition with an "architect" who can see the big picture and trade requirements within the system of systems, according to the Air Force's acquisition chief. That person will face the pressure of succeeding at the Air Force's first disaggregation of a legacy command-and-control aircraft's capabilities as well as the baggage of the Defense Department's historical inability to piece together networks of systems, Air...
