Pentagon acquisition chief Ellen Lord, flanked by her top deputies, said today her team's work to re-write procurement policy over the past few years has resulted in "irreversible momentum." For months, Lord has been talking about how the Defense Department's notoriously cumbersome acquisition regulations, known as "DOD 5000," has been reworked into the new "Adaptive Acquisition Framework." Today, she said the new system, which eschews a one-size-fits-all approach in favor of tailored requirements for specific programs, would have a "long-lasting, positive impact across the department." The new framework aims to plug acquisition programs into six different pathways: urgent operational needs, Middle Tier Acquisition, major capability acquisition, software, defense business systems and services. Lord said DOD is considering adding another pathway for space programs.
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