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Cyber

Harris Pushing For DoD Software Acquisition Reforms Within Five Years

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, January 9th, 2019

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Harris Pushing For DoD Software Acquisition Reforms Within Five Years

Dr. Ross Niebergall, Harris' vice president and CTO.

Officials from Harris [HRS] are pushing the Pentagon to adopt software acquisition reforms within the next five years needed to move away from legacy procurement practices and accurately reflect industry’s transition to more rapid, iterative capability development. Ross Niebergall, Harris’ vice president and chief technology officer, told Defense Daily on Tuesday his company is expected to fully transition its software projects over the developmental operations (DevOps) model over the next three years and expects the Pentagon to include reforms in…

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Congress

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