Overview
- The department designates commercial products as the default and will accept an '85% solution' to field capabilities faster and iterate to full requirements.
- Duffey emphasized that speed is prioritized but not mandated, with program leaders expected to weigh schedule against cost and performance.
- The reform replaces Program Executive Offices with Portfolio Acquisition Executives and scraps the JCIDS requirements process to streamline decisions.
- Program guidance directs special consideration for nontraditional contractors and privately funded startups to expand competition.
- The plan moves the Defense Security Cooperation Agency under acquisition and sustainment and shifts from formal Analyses of Alternatives toward prototyping, with exceptions for major programs.