VIDEO: Pentagon Eyes Remedies As Spending 'bow Wave' Looms
U.S. weapons makers must focus on affordability and be more upfront about the cost of new, cutting-edge technologies given a large "bow wave" of increased spending facing the Pentagon in the 2020s. Comptroller Robert Hale, who will leave office soon after five years as the Pentagon's top financial officer, said he worried that constant increases in military requirements would undermine a range of efforts under way to drive down the cost of weapons systems.