The ‘Bill Belichick’ of Pentagon contracts is negotiating a deal on AMRAAM missiles
Shay Assad, the Pentagon’s Director of Defense Pricing, speaks to the audience at the SMC’s 2017 Space Contracting Executive Forum at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif., Aug. 23, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sarah Corrice) WASHINGTON — Pentagon contract broker Shay Assad, a figure beloved by watchdogs and hated by industry,…