Although the F-35 Joint Program Office has broken norms in its selection of a new director, officials are still adhering to a key precedent when it comes to acquisition oversight of the Defense Department's largest procurement effort. The unusual and uniquely structured arrangement, in which the F-35 program executive officer and the acquisition official are split between two military services, remains intact following a recent change in PEO leadership that has resulted in two consecutive leaders from the Air Force...
