Congress has given the military a new tool to sidestep traditional acquisition system requirements while rapidly prototyping and fielding promising technologies, but the Defense Department is still wrestling with how best to manage the new authority, according to a senior Pentagon official. “The law is clear -- it's all about rapid,” Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Kevin Fahey said, referencing section 804 of the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act. The law provides streamlined pathways for “middle tier...
