Defense officials wasted no time last Monday in releasing almost $300 million for the Medium Extended Air Defense System following the submission of a congressionally mandated report only days before. The report, signed by acting defense acquisition chief Frank Kendall, reached lawmakers on April 26. It came in response to a legislative provision in the fiscal year 2012 Defense Authorization Act, which prohibited defense officials from spending more than a quarter of the $390 million in appropriated FY-12 funding until...
