
New Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson wants to Navy to fail more—that is, he wants to see the service take more risk during the early stages of weapon system development and expand its use of experimentation, he said Nov. 7.During a panel on innovation during the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, Calif., Richardson said the acquisition system has become too risk adverse, and could benefit adopting greater agility and getting user input early on.“There's just a…