Frank Kendall, the Pentagon's No. 2 acquisition official, is slated to chair a meeting next week on dozens of major procurement programs, including troubled efforts to counter missiles and mines that threaten Army helicopters and Navy ships. The Defense Acquisition Executive Summary (DAES) meeting, scheduled for July 20, will be the latest in a series of monthly sessions that enable Kendall to track programs between milestone reviews. Among the programs slated for review this month are the Army's Advanced Threat...
