The Army's recent termination of an overpriced missile launcher epitomizes the sort of decisions now required in the Defense Department's unyielding pursuit of more affordable weapons, according to Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter. The cancellation of the Non-Line of Sight Launch System (NLOS-LS), which the Army deemed too expensive, is "exactly the kind of decision we have to make as we look across portfolios," Carter said Tuesday at a defense industrial base conference at National Defense University. "That thing was...
