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DoD Initiates 90-Day Sprint For New Plan To ‘Fast Track’ Software Acquisition

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DoD Initiates 90-Day Sprint For New Plan To ‘Fast Track’ Software Acquisition
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Urich Garcia, 45th Security Forces Squadron supra coder, writes code in an application on April 25th at Patrick Space Force Base, Fla. Supra coders design and manage software for the United States Space Force (U.S. Space Force Photo)

The Pentagon has begun a 90-day “sprint” to develop a plan for more rapidly assessing and acquiring software, according to a new memo. Katie Arrington, the acting DoD chief information officer, has signed a directive establishing the Software Fast Track (SWFT) initiative and the department has released three Request for Information seeking industry’s input on tools, assessment methodologies and artificial intelligence capabilities that can help speed up the process of varying new software capabilities. “Current systems for software procurement were…

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