Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's new memo directing the adoption of special contracting pathways for rapid software procurement is a positive sign for the Pentagon acquisition process -- but there are some caveats, industry leaders told Inside Defense . Mike Brown, partner at Shield Capital and former Defense Innovation Unit director, called the memo “a pretty significant step.” “It’s taking what was one option in the toolkit -- and maybe one folks didn’t focus on -- and saying, ‘This is the...
