The Government Accountability Office's finding that weapons programs face $296 billion in cost overruns is sensational and misleading, Pentagon acquisition executive John Young contends in a five-page memo to Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Deputy Defense Secretary Bill Lynn, Inside the Pentagon has learned.rnYoung's missive criticizes the Defense Department's acquisition of the Army's Future Combat Systems, the Joint Strike Fighter, the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor, the Virginia-class submarine, the C-17 and C-130J cargo planes, and the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles, which have exceeded cost goals.
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