...“I think lawmakers will wrestle with … how to overcome the modernization bow wave facing DoD,” said Jacob Cohn, a defense analyst at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. “I would not be surprised if the buys are truncated.”
Members of Congress will also be confronted with “contentious” cost-saving proposals such as changes to military pay and benefits and another round of base realignment and closure, he said in an email...
The recent budget deal could undermine reform efforts, Cohn said. “By relieving some amount of fiscal pressure facing DoD, I think Congress has lessened the likelihood that some of the more politically contentious cost-savings proposals will pass.”