Months after signaling plans to scrap its two-decade-old joint requirements system, the Pentagon has formally implemented a detailed replacement framework, redefining the role of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council, giving services greater authority, and tying requirements more directly to funding. Inside Defense first reported in August on the Defense Department’s plans to disestablish the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System, citing a memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg that called for “decisive change.”...
