The Senate Armed Services Committee wants the Government Accountability Office to review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's cuts to the Pentagon's independent weapons testing office. The committee, in a report accompanying its version of the fiscal year 2026 defense authorization bill, directs GAO to review Hegseth’s reorganization of the director of operational test and evaluation office, as outlined in a May 27 memo , which ordered a staff cut of more than 50%. The role of DOT&E, the committee said, “is...
