Wynne was asked whether the Air Force acquisition corps has been cut too much. He responded that he wants to restore talent in at least two critical areas which have experienced significant “roll off” in numbers. They are systems engineering and specification and test documentation development.
A new report from the Government Accountability Office calls for the Pentagon’s Chief Technology Officer to have budget certification authority over the military services’ research and development accounts—a move the services say would add a burdensome and unnecessary layer of bureaucracy.
