Pentagon Tries to Recapture Tech Glory Days

摘要

After spending $50 billion over the past decade on failed weapons programs, the Pentagon is grasping for answers. Assorted procurement reforms have been tried, but they have delivered only marginal results. With military budgets on a downward slope, Pentagon officials have warned that there is no more room for expensive errors. The Defense Department last year rolled out a 36-point blueprint on how to lower the cost and risk in weapons acquisitions. It is also seeking to bring back the magic of the 1950s and '60s, when the United States produced a spate of first-rate military war planes that became icons of American airpower.