It is too early to tell whether weapons programs working to implement the Pentagon's should-cost policy -- a key element of the Defense Department's better-buying-power initiative -- are successfully meeting challenging targets for affordability, according to a DOD official. "What we're seeing with the should-cost policy is the ink is still a little wet," said the acquisition directorate's deputy director of program acquisition and strategic sourcing, Stuart Hazlett. "I think the should-cost is excellent, but as you get into it,...
