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Told To Speed Acquisition, Military Officials Increasingly Turn To Open Architecture Systems

Told To Speed Acquisition, Military Officials Increasingly Turn To Open Architecture Systems
Jim Keffer, Director of Cyber at Lockheed Martin Government Affairs, introduces the General Officers Panel at Defense Daily's 2017 Open Architecture Summit at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

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…

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