Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Experts arguing to scrap the JCIDS process say the military needs more rapid acquisition processes, such as the model that helped ...

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A wave of efficiency talk has arrived in Washington, epitomized by the Department of Government Efficiency now roaming the halls of the Pentagon. But as policymakers examine how government actually ...

Every new administration deplores the defense acquisition system it inherits and pledges to reform it aggressively. And every administration, while trying valiantly, fails. Instead, the system becomes ...

Being stuck in yesterday’s thinking isn’t a new problem for the U.S. military. In 1898, Alfred Mahan said that “no service can or should be expected to reform itself.” Fast-forward to the 1950s and ...

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) employs a capabilities analysis process for establishing requirements that relies heavily on modeling and simulation. 1 The MDA seeks to engage the services and ...