Comment: This could be huge in paving the way for a restart on Sentinel. Time will tell. Last article is the burdensome DFAR that is the Reg that defines defense contracting. Acquisition Reform has been an ongoing goal for years and years and years. Seeing this goal achieved is now more necessary than ever!
https://www.defenseone.com/business/2025/04/long-sought-goal-better-pentagon-buying-may-finally-be-within-reach/404483/?oref=d1-featured-river-secondary
Long-sought goal of better Pentagon buying may finally be within reach
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A new executive order seeks to overhaul defense buying. A handful of innovators within the Defense Department are already showing the way.
"In this 2018 photo, a contractor assigned to the Joint STARS Recapitalization program within the PEO Digital portfolio demonstrates a content sharing application at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass. U.S. AIR FORCE / TODD MAKI"
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https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/modernizing-defense-acquisitions-and-spurring-innovation-in-the-defense-industrial-base/
MODERNIZING DEFENSE ACQUISITIONS AND SPURRING INNOVATION IN THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE
Executive Orders
April 9, 2025
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Purpose. As Chief Executive and Commander in Chief, I am committed to ensuring that the United States military possesses the most lethal warfighting capabilities in the world. America’s defense industrial base is central to this effort. Similarly, the defense acquisition workforce is a national strategic asset that will be decisive in any conflict, where the factory floor can be just as significant as the battlefield.
Unfortunately, after years of misplaced priorities and poor management, our defense acquisition system does not provide the speed and flexibility our Armed Forces need to have decisive advantages in the future. In order to strengthen our military edge, America must deliver state‐of‐the‐art capabilities at speed and scale through a comprehensive overhaul of this system.
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Acquisition Process Reform. Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the President a plan to reform the Department of Defense’s acquisition processes that, to the maximum extent possible, incorporates the following:
(a) Utilization of existing authorities to expedite acquisitions throughout the Department of Defense, including a first preference for commercial solutions and a general preference for Other Transactions Authority, application of Rapid Capabilities Office policies, or any other authorities or pathways to promote streamlined acquisitions under the Adaptative Acquisition Framework. Starting upon issuance of this order, and during the formation of the plan, the Secretary of Defense shall prioritize use of these authorities in all pending Department of Defense contracting actions and require their application, where appropriate and consistent with applicable law, for all Department of Defense contracting actions pursued while the plan directed by this section is under consideration.
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https://www.acquisition.gov/dfars/defense-federal-acquisition-regulation
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation
Change Number: DFARS Change 01/17/2025
Effective Date: 01/17/2025
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DFARS Search for the CDRL term on the photo above yields this result:
https://www.acquisition.gov/search/advanced?keys=Contract%2BData%2BRequirements%2BList&type%5Bdfars%5D=dfars&sort_by=search_api_relevance&sort_order=DESC
