DOD agrees with GAO’s recommendations to improve outdated acquisition system

By Georgina DiNardo / June 17, 2024 at 2:45 PM
The Defense Department concurred with recommendations outlined in a Government Accountability Office report released today that found the Pentagon’s acquisition process is not set up to deliver innovative systems to the warfighter at speed and scale. “While the Department of Defense (DOD) plans to invest more than $2 trillion to develop and acquire its costliest weapon programs, it continues to struggle with delivering innovative technologies quickly,” the report said . However, GAO found in July 2023 that commercial companies...

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