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Hegseth “Wartime Footing” Acquisition Model May Have Operational Risks

Hegseth “Wartime Footing” Acquisition Model May Have Operational Risks
Pictured are U.S. Space Force Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy, the acting space acquisition chief, and Boeing's Kay Sears at a Thursday forum at CSIS in Washington, D.C.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has promoted a "wartime footing" for Pentagon acquisition, but the approach may come with operational risk. "I can go ramp up the acquisition system, work with all the different companies, and I can pump out product, start low, and pump things out fast, but we need to have a real discussion on the operators' side and the requirements side because these aren't commercial entities--these are warfighting systems--and there's a joint warfighting force that has to produce…

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