Mark esper, secretary of the army. Heather wilson, secretary of the air force, and james gurts, assistant secretary of the navy for Research Development and acquisition. Acquisition reform is one of the most important and frustrating topics this committee addresses. For years, we have been warned that america is losing its technological advantage. I hope you all have seen the work by rand on this topic. That is why the department of defense needs acquisition reform. Not just for efficiency or to save money. Simply put, we will not be able to address the threats facing this nation with the system of organized irresponsibility that the defense acquisition enterprise has become. I want the witnesses to Pay Attention here, okay . Were still dealing with a trilliondollar f35 program that continues to operate in dysfunction. The air force still subsidizes ula for space launch with costplus fixed fee contracts. The army has sunk nearly 6. 5 billion into wint. And that work that doesnt work. A
The Senate Arms Services Committee Meets today to receive testimony on the acquisition reform efforts. We welcome our witnesses, ellen lord, mark esper, secretary of the army, heather wilson, secretary of the air force, and james gerts, assistant secretary of the navy for ak we ziglaskk acquisition. I hope you all have seen the work by rand on this topic. That is why the department of defense needs acquisition reform, not just for efficiency or to save money. Simply put, we will not be able to address the threats facing this nation with the system of organized irresponsibility that the defense acquisition enterprise has become. We will be watching closely to make sure you do business differently and use that authority wisely. Second, while we have empowered the services, that doesnt mean you can go and do whatever you like. The Services Must let osd set strategy and policy and do real oversight. That means being transparent, providing data to and following the guidance set by osd. Agai
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Also new, firefighters rescue a teenager from heavy smoke and flames as they battle a house fire. And it may be the last of the summer heat. We are tracking when falllike temperatures are going to start to show up. David is off. Matt pelman is here along with meteorologist karen rogers. Good morning. Although as crazy as the weather has been around here. Yes. We might have a heat wave in late october. Yeah, we probably will but were looking at an extended period of cooler weather coming your way. First lets look at satellite and radar. One of the things you notice is the spinning off the coast there. Thats Tropical Storm maria that is moving very slowly, about 5 miles an hour, still very near the coastline, not really impacting us but were seeing a few clouds spilling in. Kind of those high thin clouds we saw yesterday. So youll still see some sunshine filtering through it but the big story today is just how warm it is once again. 66 in reading, its 65 this morning in allentown. Its al
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