Saltzman: Pentagon in 'generational moment' to improve acquisition process

By Shelley K. Mesch / September 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- The Defense Department is in the midst of a "generational moment" to reshape the acquisition process to deliver more effective capabilities more quickly, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman said today. Various stakeholders -- from lawmakers to defense officials to industry -- are all calling for reforms with “unprecedented unity” to the lengthy budgeting and buying process that holds up programs for years, Saltzman said at the Air and Space Force Association’s Air, Space, Cyber...

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