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New Army Acquisition Chief Wants ‘Portfolio’ Approach To Weapons, Scaling Of Flexible Funding

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New Army Acquisition Chief Wants ‘Portfolio’ Approach To Weapons, Scaling Of Flexible Funding
Cmdr. Matthew Farell, right, the commanding officer of the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Manchester (LCS 14) Gold crew, greets Brent Ingraham, then Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Platform and Weapon Portfolio Management and now the Army's acquisition chief, in the ship’s flight mission bay during a scheduled tour, Dec. 12, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Vance Hand)

The Army’s new acquisition chief said Wednesday he’ll look to embrace a “portfolio management approach” for the service’s program offices and plans on scaling flexible funding across a greater number of weapon system categories.  Brent Ingraham, the new assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, offered insight into his priorities in an interview with Defense Daily at the Association of the U.S. Army conference, which followed Army Secretary Dan Driscoll’s preview of major acquisition reforms to be…

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