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Article: Pentagon scrutiny: how much is it worth?(purchasing helicopter by Army)(Brief article)
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- National Defense
- Article date:
- April 1, 2006
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Too much Pentagon supervision can saddle weapon systems with unnecessary costs, says the Army's top acquisition executive Claude Bolton. A case in point is a light utility helicopter that the Army is buying as a "commercial off-the-shelf" item, rather than as a customized military aircraft. Still, the Defense Department's acquisition office asked for detailed proof that the Army is getting the "best value" by purchasing a commercial helicopter. That ended up costing the Army $52,000 in paperwork, Bolton complains.
"We'll provide the office of the secretary of defense a bill for what I consider excessive oversight," he tells an industry ...