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DOD's current acquisition practices lead to noncompetitive results and, at best, only incremental innovation. The Pentagon has fallen behind the commercial sector and is in danger of falling behind our adversaries.
The post Reforming Defense Acquisition in a Changing and Contested Threat Environment appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.

Ahead of the recent official visit with Japan, the US, UK, and Australia announced that they're considering bringing Japan into the folds of AUKUS. More security cooperation between the United States and Japan is exactly what's needed. Now is not the right time.
The post Japan in AUKUS? Why That's Premature appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.

Instead of trying to precisely cost out the unquantifiable, DOD should systematically leverage the MTA pathway to rapidly deploy a series of operational prototypes to demonstrate how technologies work in the defense environment.
The post The Systemic Catch 22 Embedded in the Defense Acquisition System appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.

The choice faced by the US semiconductor industry when they take CHIPS Act funding will be whether they want to mirror defense and become a highly regulated industry whose comparative advantage is compliance with the government's unique legal and regulatory mandates.
The post The Poisoned Chalice of CHIPS Act Mandates appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.

The Senate needs to structure its rules and plan its calendar around standing holds on all nominations—civilian or military. That means limiting the number of individuals that require confirmation.
The post The Senate Can No Longer Have Nice Things: Ending the Confirmation Process for Military Officers appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.

The latest example of the Pentagon snatching defeat from the jaws of victory in commercial integration is the abrupt cancellation of the department's new travel management software, MyTravel. The Defense Department it may have just condemned itself to even more acquisition failures, and with that, a lessened ability to deter and potentially prevail over our adversaries in combat.
The post Defense Travel Modernization: Business as Usual at the Pentagon appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.

Defense CEOs hate them but once embraced them. The Pentagon oftentimes prefers them. Congress outlawed them, mandated them, then changed its mind again. In the end, all sides can come away dissatisfied. Producing this mess of conflicting opinion is the Pentagon's use of fixed-price contracts.
The post Taking the Middle Ground on Fixed-Price Contracts appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.