Officials in the Pentagon's Joint Rapid Acquisition Cell have begun handing off the management of some urgent requests for weaponry from field commanders as the organization continues to grapple with money problems, according to documents and sources. In a previously unreported April 30 memo, acting JRAC director William Beasley asked senior service acquisition officials to fund 10 "joint urgent operational needs" identified by combatant commanders in fiscal year 2008, sources familiar with the document tell InsideDefense.com . Since the beginning...
