USAF Wants Congress To Cede Some Authority To Speed Up Acquisition

Brian Everstine April 19, 2023
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall testifies at a Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing April 18.

Credit: U.S. Defense Department
COLORADO SPRINGS—The U.S. Air Force is losing precious time to move ahead with new programs because of Washington red tape and to change that, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has an unlikely message to Congress: Give up some of your authority. It is the crux of a legislative proposal that the...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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