"We're hacking the complexity of the defense acquisition system so America's technologists can focus on solving technology problems," said Keoki Jackson.

DOD's antiquated acquisition system and policies present major problems in fulfilling mission needs and contribute to government cost overruns. The Defense Department’s antiquated acquisition system ...

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 ...

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.

A US Army AI-enabled procurement tool has been deployed to identify and eliminate outdated or redundant requirements.

The Defense secretary will announce changes to the Pentagon’s weapons purchases at an unusual gathering of defense industry ...

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 ...

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 ...

On September 9, 2025, the Department of Defense (DoD) published a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to incorporate contractual requirements to implement ...

The Defense Department's innovation shop is the great hope of true acquisition reform, according to the department's top acquisitions executive. Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisitions, Technology ...

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 ...