And then on the other hand…
And then just after I get all depressed about the QDR wimping out, I come across this:
“Gordon England, the acting deputy defense secretary, is weighing far-reaching changes to the Pentagon’s complex acquisition system that include empowering the combatant commanders—rather than the military services—to dictate requirements for new weapon systems. ”
(via Defense Budget Alert)
Getting the acquisitions process into alignment with warfighter’s actual needs is important and if this is going to help move us towards that, hey, I’m stoked.
But wait, there’s more:
“The panel also will call for the Pentagon to make changes to the process for testing new weapon systems by determining not only whether a new capability is operationally suitable or operationally effective, but whether it is operationally useful.”
Anything that will help us focus on operational usefulness is good in my book.
