The White House budget office recently released a sweeping rejection of several provisions in a Senate panel's version of the fiscal year 2017 defense policy bill, including those that would dissolve the F-35 joint program office and establish Joint Strike Fighter follow-on development as a separate major defense acquisition program. The Office of Management and Budget released a statement of administration policy on June 7 that notes the F-35 joint program office plays a crucial role in centralizing management of...
