The White House has announced its intent to nominate Will Roper, the head of the Pentagon's Strategic Capabilities Office, to serve as the Air Force's acquisition executive. Roper is the founding director of the SCO, which is the Defense Department's hub for developing cutting-edge, fast-paced technology. If nominated and confirmed, he would fill an Air Force role that has been vacant since Bill LaPlante left in 2015, and would enter the job as the service works to more aggressively implement...