Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base
This executive order mandates sweeping reforms to Pentagon procurement and the defense acquisition workforce to speed weapons development and cut bureaucratic redundancy. It requires plans within 60-180 days to streamline contracting, review major programs for potential cancellation if over cost or behind schedule, and retrain acquisition personnel. The order also imposes a ten-for-one deregulation rule on new defense acquisition regulations and targets the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System for overhaul.