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Rapid Acquisition at the Forefront of SASC Bill

Valerie Insinna

Friday, May 22nd, 2015

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Rapid Acquisition at the Forefront of SASC Bill

The Pentagon, headquarters of the Department of Defense. DoD photo by Master Sgt. Ken Hammond, U.S. Air Force.

The Pentagon’s acquisition process is notoriously sluggish and bureaucratic, but the Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) version of the FY '16 defense authorization bill aims to give it a shot in the arm, handing officials more power to buy equipment in a fraction of the usual timeline.Contained in the bill is acquisition reform language that will likely spur Pentagon opposition, such as the transfer of some authorities from Defense Department officials to service executives, said Andrew Hunter, senior fellow at…

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