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abcnews.go.comworld61 days ago
Pentagon Official Says Workarounds Have Not Fixed Core Defense Acquisition System
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy Michael Cadenazzi said that efforts to operate outside the traditional acquisition system have not produced fundamental structural improvements. He called for internal reforms to the core system to enable wartime productio…
Defense Newsworld66 days ago
Pentagon Creates 'Deal Team Six' to Oversee Defense Contractor Negotiations
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the creation of Deal Team Six, a unit of private-sector negotiators folded inside the Pentagon’s Economic Defense Unit. The team, which stood up in early April 2026, aims to end decades of contractor double-dipping, production delays an…