The Defense Department will launch pilot programs to implement Pentagon procurement chief Ashton Carter's mandated "should cost" funding targets in major acquisition programs. In brief interviews this week with Inside the Pentagon , Carter and his deputy, Frank Kendall, acknowledged plans for the pilot programs, which have not been officially announced. "It is related to the should-cost idea," Kendall said Tuesday. "We do have some pilots we're putting together, but we haven't quite got that out yet." Last year, Carter...
