New portfolio acquisition executives gain sweeping authority to accelerate weapons procurement, cut bureaucracy, and expand access for non-traditional defense firms
The announcement marks the opening phase of a broader transformation aligned with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s directive to replace what he has described as the Pentagon’s sluggish procurement bureaucracy with a faster, more agile “Warfighting Acquisition System.”
“These moves are a generational opportunity for the Department of the Air Force,” Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said in a statement. “They allow us to holistically reform our enterprise—from requirements, to acquisition, to test—to deliver warfighting capability faster and more efficiently.”
