Pajamas Media BWIR on the Pentagon's procurement process

Last week before Sunday's big rains hit, I got to see the opening portion of the Chicago Air & Water Show during my lakefront run, and I witnessed several examples of the end result of the Pentagon's procurement process.

In this week's Pajamas Media's Blog Week in Review focuses on what goes on before the jets, as well as ships, guns and other weapons used by the Defense Department are put in use by the military.

Moderator Austin Bay interviews reporter Rebecca Christie of the Wall Street Journal and the Dow Jones Newswires, an expert on this topic.

Christie discusses the Air Force's new F-35 fighter, the most expensive military development project ever, and the Navy’s new Littoral Combat Ships. On the latter, the Navy asked two companies, Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics, to each design a vessel, in a competitive bid of sorts, and the best craft will win the USN's nod.

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