DOD Puts 'Should-Cost' Pressure On Major Weapons Programs

摘要

Multibillion-dollar efforts to build nuclear ballistic missile submarines, Army vehicles and F-35 Joint Strike Fighters will spearhead a new Defense Department initiative challenging program managers to deliver weapons under budget. In an April 22 memo to acquisition professionals, Pentagon procurement chief Ashton Carter selected these and other major programs to be leading examples of a new "should-cost" policy, noting they "will be used to communicate and demonstrate to other DOD offices and Congress the intent and advantages associated with managing to a should-cost estimate that is lower than the program budget."