The Senate Armed Services Committee's fiscal year 2020 defense authorization bill would create "special pathways" for software acquisition and cut funding for programs not using agile development methods, according to a summary of the legislation released today . The FY-20 bill "adopts and oversees modern software development and IT acquisition practices to improve lethality and efficiency," the summary states. The committee yesterday voted 25-2 to advance the bill to the Senate floor. The measure "establishes special pathways for rapid acquisition...
