Granted by Congress in the 2022 defense bill, the new authorities let Cyber Command handle matters traditionally reserved for the armed services.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.Smallsat Alliance Chairman Charles Beames argues it’s time to look past price alone to achieve dominance in space.
By Charles BeamesThe need to strengthen supply chains is creating an opportunity for the revival of second sourcing, a method used until the 1990s to secure defense supply chains, write Olivia Letts and Jerry McGinn.
By Olivia Letts and Jerry McGinn“What we’ve really been trying to wrestle with inside of CDAO is not to over centralize because the department is so diverse and distributed and so large, that we want innovation to happen at the edge,” said Margaret Palmieri, deputy chief digital and AI officer.
By Jaspreet GillGAO says the Pentagon’s chief digital and AI office (CDAO) should develop a department-wide AI acquisition strategy and that the military services should also develop their own guidance to help navigate the AI acquisition process.
By Jaspreet Gill“As you would imagine coming out of a rapid prototyping [effort], there’s numerous options” on how to proceed with acquiring the new small drone system, said Program Executive Officer for Aviation Maj. Gen. Robert Barrie.
By Ashley RoqueThe Army chose the Bell-Textron bird based on a prototype, but an Army official predicted “very little” change for what soldiers will end up flying.
By Ashley RoqueWhile lawmakers worry over lack of oversight, MITRE’s Pete Modigliani tells Breaking Defense, “The Middle Tier of Acquisition pathway is one of DoD’s most valuable tools to rapidly deliver capabilities … to deter China’s threat.”
By Theresa HitchensLed by the Institute for Defense Analyses, this new entity is tasked with looking for ways to improve how the department operates and building a digital repository.
By Ashley RoqueTwenty acquisition experts argue that the US can’t beat China at its own centralized, top-down game – but we can harness American innovation in new ways.
By Christopher Zember, Dinesh Verma and Bill Rouse“[I]n times of war,” French defense minister Sébastien Lecornu said, “when we need to go fast and take risks, we need a different approach.”
By Christina MackenzieAs China looms, the Heritage Foundation’s JV Venable argues for saving 33 F-22s from the chopping block.
By John VenableResponding to sharp criticism of his former service — in print in a Breaking Defense op-ed and implied in new legislation — retired Adm. James Foggo says the Navy needs support, not more onerous oversight.
By James Foggo
George Mason University’s Jerry McGinn argues in this op-ed that the Pentagon can move more quickly if it heeds lessons from a previous life-or-death acquisition story.
By Jerry McGinn