Pentagons top three priorities for a better acquisition program

Published: Sept. 8, 2023, 11:06 a.m.

b'The Defense Department will prioritize three areas of concentration to strengthen and speed up its lumbering acquisition process. Instead of trying to reinvent the wheel, it will use the tools it has to operate more effectively.\\nRadha Iyengar Plumb, deputy undersecretary of Defense for acquisition and sustainment, described what she called the three \\u201cbuckets\\u201d during a Center for Strategic and International Studies online event Wednesday.\\n\\u201cThe Department of Defense has made really great progress over the last five to 10 years when it comes to prototyping. And what we\\u2019re really focused on now is getting that innovation, those new technologies to produce at scale in the right timeframe,\\u201d Plumb said.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'