Managing costs: U.S. Weapons Programs

Rising U.S. Weapon Costs May Force Cuts, Jonas Says
(Bloomberg.com)…Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg News, July 7, 2008

The next president will likely be forced to cut or delay U.S. weapons programs because their cost has almost doubled since 2000 to a projected $1.7 trillion, according to Pentagon Comptroller Tina Jonas.

“Some of this is just a matter of our own discipline — not changing the bells and whistles once we get going on something,”