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b'Ostrolenk speaks with Matt Fay, Defense Policy Analyst for Niskanen Center, on the process of the military\\u2019s weaponry acquisition and the need for acquisition reform. Fay explains that in the military service acts largely alone in defining requirements for new weapons, often resulting in orders that are unrealistic and beyond our technological capabilities. With few to no checks and balances in weaponry acquisition, this often wastes tax payer dollars and leads to inefficiencies, as Fay details through past examples. To learn more about Matt Fay\\u2019s work and acquisition reform, read his articles: Fixing Defense Acquisition Requires Fixing the Requirements Process (http://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2016/04/29/fixing_defense_acquisition_requires_fixing_the_requirements_process.html), The US Should Never Develop Another Joint Fighter (http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2016/04/us-should-never-develop-another-joint-fighter/127165/?oref=d-river, and The \\u201cBow Wave\\u201d and the Military Balance (http://warontherocks.com/2016/04/the-bow-wave-and-the-military-balance/), and follow him on Twitter.'