
The Navy’s top acquisition official said on Wednesday that the window for innovating in Defense Department acquisition is “closing,” so officials should push to change the culture and value those who try new ideas. Speaking at a Strategic Institute conference on Other Transaction Authorities (OTAs), Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition James Geurts said while some acquisition executives are comfortable moving in a more innovative way that decentralizes responsibilities, “that has not always been the case,…