The new defense authorization bill passed by Congress mandates the Defense Department "modernize" its lengthy requirements process, with an interim report due to lawmakers by Oct. 1, 2024 that could include seismic reforms to the Pentagon's labyrinthine acquisition system. The provision, based off language in the Senate’s version of the fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill, directs the defense secretary “to modernize the Department of Defense’s requirements processes in order to improve alignment between modern warfare concepts, technologies and system...
