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Air Force Pushing To Cut 100 Years From Contract Schedules With Agile Software, Digital Engineering

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Air Force Pushing To Cut 100 Years From Contract Schedules With Agile Software, Digital Engineering
Air Force acquisition chief William Roper (Photo courtesy of Air Force)

The Air Force is pushing to cut 100 years from its total contracting time with a focus on building out its agile software development capacity and looking to “kill the major defense acquisition program” with digital engineering, the service’s acquisition chief said Friday. Will Roper, the assistant secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, told attendees at a Mitchell Hour event the Air Force has to accept more risk and reward contracts faster to beat peer competitors to market and open…

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