DoD Buzz:
Carter on Mergers: We’re Watching
Ashton Carter, the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer today emphasized that the DoD will not condone defense industry mergers done for the sake of short term profit over the long term health of the defense industrial base; warning that the Pentagon will keep a close watch on future mergers and acquisitions to ensure they result in long-term good........
....The acquisition czar then went on to say that the Pentagon will also have to buy its weapons on the international market, not just from domestic sources due to the fact that when the best weapons can be found abroad, “we owe it to the warfighter” to buy them. Hmm, Does this make anyone else think KC-X?
He also called on foreign nations to open their doors to purchasing U.S. weapons in a similar manner.........