{"id":60288,"date":"2015-02-04T20:18:59","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T20:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2015\/02\/04\/carter-involve-chiefs-in-weapons-decisions\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:29:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:29:44","slug":"carter-involve-chiefs-in-weapons-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/interviews\/2015\/02\/04\/carter-involve-chiefs-in-weapons-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Carter: Involve Chiefs in Weapons Decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Defense secretary nominee Ash Carter says he favors using requirements and contract structures to properly incentivize defense companies, while getting the top US military commanders more involved in buying weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carter, who is poised to sail to full Senate confirmation this month, has a deep history with contracts, weapon programs and dealing with arms manufacturers. 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John McCain, R-Ariz., who are pushing the idea of enacting substantial Pentagon acquisition reform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What&#8217;s more, Carter said Pentagon officials must closely monitor and act to tamp down F-35 fighter program costs &#8220;as long as that program is in existence.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: white; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\">Email: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:jbennett@defensenews.com\"><span style=\"background: white;\">jbennett@defensenews.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: white; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\">Twitter:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BennettJohnT\"><span style=\"color: #5b9bd5; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: white; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\">@bennettjohnt<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defense secretary nominee Ash Carter says he favors using requirements and contract structures to properly incentivize defense companies, while getting the top US military commanders more involved in buying weapons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":100473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":13,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[33,13,19],"tags":[],"coauthors":[1090],"class_list":["post-60288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-interviews","category-pentagon"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"7BVETTOMH5ACDJOZNE6SWZVYNU","arc_canonical_url":"\/interviews\/2015\/02\/04\/carter-involve-chiefs-in-weapons-decisions\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Carter: Involve Chiefs in Weapons Decisions - Defense News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Defense secretary nominee Ash Carter says he favors using requirements and contract structures to properly incentivize defense companies, while getting the top US military commanders more involved in buying weapons.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Carter: Involve Chiefs in Weapons Decisions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Defense secretary nominee Ash Carter says he favors using requirements and contract structures to properly incentivize defense companies, while getting the top US military commanders more involved in buying weapons.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/interviews\/2015\/02\/04\/carter-involve-chiefs-in-weapons-decisions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Defense News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-02-04T20:18:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-08T00:29:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John T. 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