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1 month ago | 
aei.org | Kori Schake |John Ferrari |Mackenzie Eaglen |William Greenwalt
Post The Military Parade Isn’t a Crisis Op-Ed The Army’s Bold Plan Needs to Watch Out for These Three Pitfalls Op-Ed The U.S. Army’s Great 2027 Transformation Has Begun Op-Ed Cut Army Structure, Not Army End Strength Multimedia Will Trump Reshape the American Military Op-Ed DOGE or Be DOGE’d: The Army Needs to Preemptively Start Cutting Post There Is No Quick Fix for Rebuilding America’s Arsenal Post The Army Thinks It Can Build Software Better Than Silicon Valley: Good Luck with That...
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1 month ago | 
aei.org | Todd Harrison |James Pethokoukis |Kyle Balzer |William Greenwalt
Press Discussing Trump’s Golden Dome strategy: Harrison on Global News’ ‘Global News Morning’ Article Up Wing/Down Wing #35 Post How Much Would a Space-Based Missile Interceptor System Cost and Does It Make Sense?
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Mar 11, 2025 | 
realcleardefense.com | William Greenwalt |Samantha Clark |Greg Little
The Pentagon Needs A Software Update—Literally The Department of Defense now faces an increasing challenge: how to empower its personnel to make faster, more informed decisions in a world overwhelmed by data and complexity. Read Full Article »
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Mar 10, 2025 | 
aei.org | William Greenwalt |Samantha Clark |Greg Little
A draft memo from the Secretary of Defense on how to buy software could finally herald the Pentagon’s entrance into the information age. Or, like so many other acquisition reforms of the past, it could just as easily be overtaken by inertia and founder on the rocks of the bureaucracy. The stakes for getting this right couldn’t be higher. Software offers perhaps the most compelling way to close current and future gaps between the United States and its adversaries.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
aei.org | William Greenwalt
Chairman Moolenaar, Ranking Member Krishnamoorthi, and other distinguished members of the Committee, I would like to thank you for the opportunity to testify this morning on the need to strengthen America’s defense industrial base and workforce. Restoring the “Arsenal of Democracy” is one of the most important tasks Congress and our nation can embark on in the coming years.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
aei.org | William Greenwalt |Zichu Yang
On October 13, 1994 President Clinton signed into law the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA), in retrospect the most significant legislative management reform effort of its generation. FASA became a cornerstone of the Reinventing Government initiative that helped to temporarily reverse the decline of public trust in government.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
aei.org | William Greenwalt
VIDEOGeorge Washinton University’s Government Procurement Law Program hosted a webinar on the Australian – United Kingdom – United States (AUKUS) partnership and its special exceptions for technology transfers between the three countries. Nonresident Senior Fellow Bill Greenwalt joins this webinar in his section titled: Understanding AUKUS.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
aei.org | William Greenwalt |Zichu Yang
Thirty years ago, the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) was signed into law. FASA was designed for the government to better leverage the commercial marketplace. Its objectives particularly in the Department of Defense (DOD) were never fully realized. As such, it’s important to understand the relevance and history behind this historic piece of legislation.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
aei.org | William Greenwalt |Zichu Yang
September 15, 2024 marks the third anniversary of AUKUS. Pillar I of AUKUS will hopefully transfer Virginia class nuclear submarines to Australia by the early 2030s and develop a joint UK-Australian submarine in the 2040s. meanwhile focuses on jointly developing emerging technology solutions and has the most potential to deliver anything tangible in the near term to enhance deterrence with China.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
aei.org | William Greenwalt |Julia Cataneo
A critical debate has been stirring since the Army announced its latest approach that requires the use of cost-type contracts when buying software. This, at first glance, looks rather arcane, but the outcome could be monumental if it prevents the Army from being able to compete in the emerging era of artificial intelligence, data analytics, and autonomy. The problem is that no one else on the planet develops software using the US government’s innovation-crushing cost-plus acquisition model.
