DOD's top weapons tester criticized for lack of transparency in new report

By Tony Bertuca / February 1, 2022 at 4:55 PM
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) wants the office of the Pentagon's chief weapons tester to reverse a new decision to restrict key information about the performance -- or lack thereof -- of major U.S. weapon systems that cost billions of taxpayer dollars, citing concerns over a lack of public transparency. Warren, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has sent letters to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Nickolas Guertin , the Pentagon's newly minted director of operational test and evaluation,...

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