Acquisition

Members of the Defense Innovation Board described their initial set of recommendations to fix DoD software acquisition. The Pentagon said it plans to start implementing them right away.

Nick Perdikis, CEO and CRO of Devensoft, discusses how his company’s software-as-a-service platform helps companies streamline and simplify the merger and acquisition process, minimizing stress and maximizing integration.

An audit of a sample of DoD’s contracts with Transdigm found half the company’s earnings were “excess” profit, but the inspector general said the findings highlight a need for broad policy changes.

The General Services Administration has released a request for quotation for Phase One of its Center of Excellence discovery services, laying the groundwork for GSA to set up CoEs at new partner agencies.

Starting this week, the Air Force says it wants to introduce new participants into its supplier base where it will sign one-page contracts with small businesses.

A rare, joint memo from three military service secretaries directs acquisition officials to build open architectures into all new programs.

Section 809 panel delivers 2,000 pages of proposed fixes to DoD acquisition, including a sweeping overhaul of how the Pentagon buys commercially-available goods and services.

Oracle says the Defense Department’s JEDI acquisition is fatally flawed, violating numerous procurement and conflict of interest statutes.

In today’s panel, we discuss the renewed focus on commercial items, and there are a lot of contemporary reasons to do so.

The Air Force believes it’s proved the value of agile software development via its Kessel Run project. The next task is to spread it across the service.