Legal Updates The Defense Acquisition System, as You Knew It, Is Dead
Ahead of the last week’s release of the 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued sweeping public statements and new policies on defense acquisition reform. One declaration captured the moment’s significance: “The defense acquisition system, as you knew it, is dead.” These ten words, delivered at the National War College, on Nov. 7, signaled the Department of Defense’s abandonment of its long-standing process-driven procurement model in favor of what Hegseth described as “the beginning of an unrelenting onslaught to change the way we do business.”
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