The Defense Department and industry have failed to produce weapons for the military "faster, better and cheaper" because the Pentagon is buying more systems at once than it can afford, according to retired Air Force Gen. Larry Welch, president of the Institute for Defense Analyses. Speaking today at the "ComDef 2001" conference held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, Welch challenged the Pentagon and industry to curtail the number of programs the Defense Department buys simultaneously. "Do we...
