Senior defense officials have said in recent weeks that new programs like the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental and the Rapid Capabilities Office are too mature to be rolled back by a new administration, but others warn that those programs could fade away without renewed commitment from President-elect Donald Trump.
The Center for a New American Security is preparing a report due in mid-December that argues the next administration must take concrete steps to preserve DIUX and other programs. But the report will further argue that the Defense Department needs to develop a new, normalized acquisition track to focus on adapting commercial technology for military use.
Ben FitzGerald, a senior fellow and director of the Technology and National Security Program at CNAS, told FCW that Secretary of Defense Ash Carter's approach to change at DOD was to adapt around the existing system and try to create reform momentum through DIUX and other initiatives.
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Ben FitzGerald
Adjunct Senior Fellow, Defense Program
Ben FitzGerald is a partner at Lupa, a private investment firm, and an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). At Lupa he leads the firm’s inve...
