President Donald Trump has signed an executive order mandating a comprehensive reform of the U.S. defense acquisition system, citing years of "misplaced priorities and poor management." The order aims ...

The defense acquisition system has been in a near-constant state of reform for the past several decades. This observation is ...

President Trump on May 20, 2025, announced that Gen. Michael Guetlein will lead the Golden Dome missile defense program. Credit: White House livestream Nonetheless, the Golden Dome represents an ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth outlined plans Friday for a sweeping revamp of the military's acquisition systems, which he described as sluggish and mired in bureaucracy. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP) ...

Ahead of the last week’s release of the 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued sweeping public statements and new policies on defense acquisition reform. One ...

Tracye Winfrey Howard, Nicholas Iliff, Jr. On November 7, 2025, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth issued three memoranda that collectively direct a significant shift in defense policy and management.

A U.S. soldier operates an AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel radar system during a training exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels, Germany, on June 6. (Pfc. Brent Lee/U.S. Army) The United ...

San Diego Lt. Commander Rose O'Carroll, Division Officer of the METOC office aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard, shows a radar profile on one of the ship's new advanced weather computers at the Naval ...

Systems Planning & Analysis has acquired Group W, a Vienna, Virginia–based data science and defense analytics firm specializing in modeling, simulation and wargaming support for the Department of ...