DISA’s contracting officers must use at least one acquisition accelerator, like oral proposals, for 40% of all task or delivery orders by March.

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 ...

"Without a workforce initiative, it is hard to see the workforce having the tools to take the risks the legislation wants them to take,” Stan Soloway said.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

A version of this story appeared in the daily Threat Status newsletter from The Washington Times. Click here to receive Threat Status delivered directly to your inbox each weekday. Lawmakers pressed ...

House Armed Services Committee Mike Rogers, R-Ala., speaks during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Sept. 29, 2021. (Rod Lamkey-Pool/Getty Images) House Armed Services Committee members ...

MCLEAN, Va. & BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A survey commissioned by MITRE revealed significant hurdles that remain in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition process, particularly for ...

Kevin Fahey, the assistant secretary of defense for acquisition, said his office wants to steer DOD away from developing new technologies and training requirements simultaneously. The Defense ...