Speed Run: Why It Doesn’t Always Take Years to Get New Military Weapons The Department of Defense’s acquisition process has been criticized for years as being overly bureaucratic, at times too slow and in need of reform. Here's What You Need to Remember: All of these things were done carefully and safely, yet at a massively expedited pace in response to urgent need requests from the warzone. Army acquisition has for years been strengthening integration between the operational community, the procurement community and the Science and Technology community within the Army to synergize and connect promising new systems with soldiers facing enemy fire in war.