SAN DIEGO -- The Marine Corps needs to get comfortable with more risk -- both technical and financial -- within its acquisition system to expeditiously field warfighting capabilities in the face of heightened great power competition, according to Brig. Gen. David Walsh, who leads Marine Corps Systems Command, the service’s chief acquisition body. “In the face of today's threat, we really have to prioritize flexibility and risk tolerance,” Walsh said Wednesday during the West 2024 conference. “Our peacetime acquisition, or...
