The defense acquisition system, as you knew it, is dead.” With that single line on Nov. 7 at the National War College, Secretary of War Peter ...

On November 7, 2025, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth issued three memoranda that collectively direct a significant shift in defense policy ...

A defense task force has recommended the new acquisition process must be agile and capable of delivering IT systems in no more than 18 months. The Defense Department is going buy information ...

Too much ink has been spilled on defense acquisition reform over the past few decades. In fact, there have been 12 major commissions and panels on the subject since World War II. Critics have been ...

The Defense Acquisition Reform panel concludes that DOD's mishandling of acquisitions and procurement fails to fulfill current military's mission needs and contributes to massive cost overruns. A ...

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Miss., (left) and ranking member Adam Smith, D-Wash., (right) talk during a House Rules Committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol on July 12, 2022.

Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) stands at the ready to provide defense acquisition-relevant graduate education.

WASHINGTON — There are new calls for reform to the Pentagon's equipment acquisition process. According to the Brookings Institute, roughly one-third of the Defense Department budget—or $310 billion—is ...

The U.S. military services are experimenting with various counter-drone technology, including the AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel radar system, tested during a recent training exercise at Joint Multinational ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The Department of Defense should consider adjusting its procurement process to speed up the deployment of new software capabilities ...

The Pentagon would place a 5% cap on most fees charged by resellers starting with a specific SIN for IT products bought through the GSA schedule.

A pair of key House lawmakers introduced bipartisan legislation Monday designed to simplify the defense acquisition process with the goal of speeding the fielding of new systems and technology to the ...