Service acquisition leaders: Why this time will be different for defense acquisition
In this exclusive op-ed, four of the Pentagon's top acquisition officers send a message to their workforce: Accountability isn't punishment, it's liberation.
In this exclusive op-ed, four of the Pentagon's top acquisition officers send a message to their workforce: Accountability isn't punishment, it's liberation.
Establishing the RCO is one in a series of moves the Navy has made this year, alongside the other services, to overhaul acquisition offices and processes as part of a larger revamp being pushed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
John Phelan's memo follows a number of moves by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as well as Army leadership to reduce and consolidate the number of sprawling offices and staffs throughout the Department of Defense.
The Forge, a Navy software factory, has lofty goals and bureaucracy to beat, but plans to bring its work to an operational destroyer this year.