Air Force's new software-based acquisition model is shaking up the way industry does its bidding

By Vanessa Montalbano / September 5, 2024 at 3:31 PM
As autonomy and other innovative technology emerge rapidly out of research and development and into the field, the Air Force is changing the way it thinks about acquisition to center systems over platforms, forcing industry to also pivot how it presents products. Although the new model is still in the works, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin in May said the services and industry need to "adapt together” so the Pentagon can take advantage of “fleeting and frequent”...

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