A Sept. 15 memo from Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Feinberg walks back some changes from a previous memo, while moving reforms forward, analysts tell Breaking Defense.
The new directive, signed off by Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg, is meant to “reset” the Pentagon’s expectations for supplier cost and pricing information.
The goal of such weaponization is to tie warfighter needs to the RDT&E cycle.
The request by the Pentagon's No. 2 official that CEOs for defense firms bring their board members in for discussions is unprecedented, but in line with Feinberg's industrial maneuvering.
Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Michael Duffey outlined key steps taken since an early November mandate to move out on acquisition reform.
The new positions, covering submarines and a number of Air Force programs, would report directly to the deputy defense secretary, numerous sources told Breaking Defense.
Critics said the cost-saving instinct was valid, but parts of a new, sprawling mandate were “unrealistic.”
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Feinberg is responsible for the management and budget of Pentagon operations and for implementing the vision of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
During Trump’s first administration, Stephen Feinberg headed the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, which gives private citizens access to classified information so they can provide advice about the inner workings of the Intelligence Community.
This op-ed lays out three steps DoD needs to take to ensure the US has access to the munitions it needs.
In a March 9 letter to Stephen Feinberg, nominated for deputy defense secretary, Warren argues that his adult children and the private equity firm he founded could financially benefit from the ongoing lawsuit between Ligado and the US government.
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“There is great opportunity to improve our cost structure, our efficiency, our operations, to really save a lot of money that could be plowed into mission," said Stephen Feinberg, who is nominated to be deputy secretary of defense.
Trump taps billionaire investor Stephen Feinberg as the Pentagon deputy and Elbridge Colby, an outspoken former DoD official, for the head of policy.