Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base
Executive Order 2025-06461
|Signed on April 10, 2025
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What it means
Orders a comprehensive overhaul of the defense acquisition system to make it faster and more flexible. The Secretary of Defense must submit plans for acquisition process reform within 60 days and workforce reform within 120 days.
Expected impact
- Streamlined procurement processes with a focus on commercial solutions and innovative acquisition methods
- Potential cancellation of underperforming major defense programs (those 15% over budget or behind schedule)
- Reduced regulations and bureaucracy in defense acquisitions
- Improved training and incentives for the acquisition workforce to embrace innovation and calculated risks
- Faster deployment of new military technologies and capabilities
- Greater involvement of commercial vendors in defense contracting