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By Lauren Williams May 05, 2021 While better data would help the Defense Department more effectively assess investments and risks over time, according to a watchdog official, several challenges exist. First off is the ability of the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment to conduct data-driven oversight of the individual services’ weapons programs, Shelby Oakley, the director for contracting and national security acquisition for the Government Accountability Office, told t...

By Lauren Williams May 04, 2021 While better data would help the Defense Department more effectively assess investments and risks over time, according to a watchdog official, several challenges exist. First off is the ability of the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment to conduct data-driven oversight of the individual services’ weapons programs, Shelby Oakley, the director for contracting and national security acquisition for the Government Accountability Office, told t...

By Lauren C. Williams   The Defense Department needs better data to improve its oversight of acquisition policies to adequately assess investments and risks over time, according to a watchdog official. Shelby Oakley, the director for contracting and national security acquisition for the Government Accountability Office said the ability to conduct data-driven oversight was the Pentagons acquisition offices biggest challenge. "The biggest thing that I see right now that is a challenge from [the ...

By   Theresa Hitchens on January 27, 2021 at 4:38 PM Shawn Barnes WASHINGTON: The Air Force has reorganized its space acquisition office into three new directorates, but the critical (and controversial) question of whether a new, independent Space Force assistant secretary post will be established remains unanswered, says Shawn Barnes, who currently serves as the Air Force’s de facto space acquisition lead. Barnes told reporters this morning the reorganization of his current office — whi...

By   Theresa Hitchens on January 21, 2021 at 3:34 PM Lloyd Austin after being nominated by President-elect Joe Biden in Delaware on Dec. 9 CLARIFICATION: Updated to add Air Force clarification that Shawn Barnes was not the author responsible for Q&A responses. WASHINGTON: Resilience and norms of behavior and China. Put those three references in Lloyd Austin’s written responses to the Senate Armed Services Committee together and you’ve got a pretty idea of the (expected) shift in the Bide...

Defense Department/Lisa Ferdinando The Pentagon is heavily reliant on software, using it to perform day-to-day business operations and employing complex weapons systems on the battlefield. But new and emerging challenges, demanded that the Defense Department become significantly more agile and responsive in its ability to leverage software. Ellen Lord, undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment since August 2017, recounts the transformation she overs...

New strategy wants to counter increasingly complex drone threats January 7 The Pentagon has released its strategy to jointly counter increasingly complex drone threats worldwide. Photo illustration via Epirus. WASHINGTON — The Pentagon released a new strategy Jan. 7 to counter increasingly complex small drone threats, one that focuses on establishing a common threat picture, architecture and protocol across the services. The new strategy also sets up stronger coordination between other ...

National Defense - January 7, 2020 Hypersonics — the science behind missiles that travel in excess of Mach 5 and can quickly change trajectory mid-flight — illustrate the challenges faced by U.S. companies working on emerging technologies. Contractors engaged in these areas must be vigilant about their supply chain vulnerabilities. They also need to be aware of the regulatory risks posed by foreign investment, including review and potential intervention by the Committee on Foreign Investmen...