Senior military officials and lawmakers are sending a clear two-word message to the Defense Department acquisition community: Go faster.Increasingly the military services are interpreting that order, along with legislation loosening procurement restrictions, to mean adoption of a modular open systems approach to acquisition.“There’s not a day that goes by when our commandant doesn’t tell us to go faster,” Maj. Gen. Niel Nelson, Assistant Deputy Commandant for Combat Development & Integration and Deputy Chief of Marine Corps Combat Development Command, said.“We…
Told To Speed Acquisition, Military Officials Increasingly Turn To Open Architecture Systems
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Dan Parsons
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