Overview
- Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to outline the changes at the National War College under an April executive order by President Donald Trump, with attendees including Lockheed Martin, RTX, Palantir, Ursa Major, Saronic and Epirus.
- The restructuring creates Portfolio Acquisition Executives with direct authority over major programs, routing decisions from program managers to these portfolio leaders to service acquisition chiefs without intermediate layers.
- Commercial products become the default buying approach, and programs must maintain at least two qualified sources for critical content through initial production to strengthen competition.
- Contracts will use time‑indexed incentives that reward early delivery and penalize delays, with monthly Acquisition Acceleration Reviews chaired by the Under Secretary for Acquisition and Sustainment to track implementation.
- Analysts warn the speed push could raise costs and reduce performance, and a reported proposal to place the Defense Security Cooperation Agency under acquisition leadership has prompted concerns about weaker vetting of foreign arms sales.