Congressional negotiators largely back the Pentagon's acquisition overhaul but are wary of DoD's push for additional budget flexibility.

Heather Fortuna Bush, senior vice president and leader of Indo-Pacific businesses for Booz Allen, told Defense One the ...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order mandating a comprehensive reform of the U.S. defense acquisition system, citing years of "misplaced priorities and poor management." The order aims ...

GAO found that continuing resolutions delay Pentagon acquisition programs, slowing contracts, production and spending.

The defense acquisition system has been in a near-constant state of reform for the past several decades. This observation is ...

Ahead of the last week’s release of the 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued sweeping public statements and new policies on defense acquisition reform. One ...

Experts say claims of widespread fraud of the 8(a) program are unfounded and the ongoing audits run counter to the goal of expanding the industrial base.

On November 21, 2025, the Department of Defense (“DoD”)[1] updated DoD Manual (“DoDM”) 5010.12, Acquisition and Management of Contractor-Prepared Data. The manual is DoD’s unified playbook for the ...