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Meeting the Software Challenge: How the New Acquisition Pathway Came to Be

May 1, 2025 | By Shaun Waterman
In Part 2 of a series exploring the Software Acquisition Pathway that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently made mandatory, we look back at how the acquisition reform has its origins in problems with the F-35. 

Meeting the Software Challenge: How the Air Force Is Embracing New Acquisition Rules

April 30, 2025 | By Shaun Waterman
In Part 1 of a series exploring the Software Acquisition Pathway, Lt. Gen. Luke C.G. Cropsey, who heads the Air Force’s most consequential IT acquisition programs, says he’s already using the authorities that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has pushed to contract directly with commercial startups ...

DOD Plans Quicker, More Comprehensive Cybersecurity Standards for Contractors 

April 10, 2025 | By Shaun Waterman
Defense IT contractors who can demonstrate a secure supply chain and secure coding practices will soon be able to get fast track approval to have their products operate on DoD networks, radically shortening a process that often takes months or years at present, Pentagon Chief ...

USAF’s Software Startup, Kessel Run, Pivots ‘Back to the Future,’ as Some Cry Foul

March 1, 2025 | By Shaun Waterman
Kessel Run is pivoting. The Air Force’s original software factory, which brought modern digital application practices like agile development and DevSecOps to the military, is changing the way it does business.
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