Wilson: Air Force wants to better implement acquisition authority, flexibility

By Courtney Albon / June 9, 2017 at 9:40 AM
The Air Force is conducting a review of its acquisition processes this spring and summer to ensure it's using the authorities and flexibility granted by Congress in the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act. The FY-16 NDAA gave the services milestone decision authority, but Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson told lawmakers at a June 6 Senate Armed Services Committee hearing the service may not be using that authority to its fullest extent. She said the service is in the...

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