US DoD looks to speed up defence industry changes

摘要

Preliminary findings from a US Department of Defense (DoD) study show signs of radical change in the defence industry, a situation that the department wants to accelerate by fostering new entrants to the industry and by asking contractors to offer systems rather than requesting proposals to meet set requirements. The motive is to speed up the US military procurement system, which is so hidebound and time-consuming that equipment is often obsolete by the time it reaches production, a senior DoD official said last week. The goal is to quickly bring technology to the front line by circumventing the lengthy process of creating military requirements and calling on companies to bid for the programmes, US Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Industrial Policy) Suzanne Patrick told Jane's Defence Weekly.