The Kadish review says the root of acquisition problems are “deeply embedded in many of the management systems” in use within DOD. It offers recommendations ranging from organizational—creating a flexible system to deal with today’s rapidly changing needs—to workforce issues—shifting accountability lower and securing fixed, five-year tours for service acquisition executives. It addresses budget stability and the requirements process. It proposes making time—a specific number of years to produce “useful military capability”—a key performance parameter of a new acquisition strategy. The executive summary notes that there will be “hard choices” ahead if DOD accepts the performance improvements proposed by the Kadish panel, but that those improvements will produce a system that “delivers to its commitments.”
Multiple B-21s are undergoing ground tests and being prepared to join the two aircraft now in test flight, and the Northrop Grumman is negotiating with the Air Force about how expanded production for the bomber could be accomplished, president and CEO Kathy Warden said Oct. 21. She also suggested a…
