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The Naval Postgraduate School Provides Defense Acquisition-Relevant Graduate Education

On April 9, 2025, Executive Order titled “Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base,” was signed by President Donald J. Trump. The executive order clearly ...
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PROACTIVE LEARNING

IMMERSIVE ACQUISITION FELLOWS - The Defense Innovation Unit recognizes the selection of six contracting officers for the third cohort of the Immersive Commercial Acquisition Program for 2024-2025 ...
American Enterprise Institute

The State of the Defense Acquisition System, 2024

Chairman Hirono, Ranking Member Sullivan, and other distinguished members of the subcommittee, I would like to thank you for the opportunity to testify this morning on the state of the Department of ...
American Enterprise Institute

Reforming Defense Acquisition in a Changing and Contested Threat Environment

The Department of Defense’s (DOD) traditional acquisition system is by design methodical, slow, and risk-averse. It has evolved for a peacetime environment, one where threats aren’t pressing and are ...
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Improving Defense Acquisition Workforce Capability in Data Use

The Department of Defense acquisition system—overseen by the Undersecretary for Acquisition and Sustainment—strives to provide efficient and timely outputs that result in operational benefits to war ...