This paper details reforms to speed up U.S. defense acquisition with allies, highlighting policy, regulatory, and process changes to boost collaboration, interoperability, supply chain resilience, and strengthen collective national security.
Breaking Barriers to Accelerate Defense Acquisition with Allies and Partners
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At MITRE’s recent Breaking Barriers Acquisition Summit, Congressional, defense, and industry leaders offered near-term recommendations to better leverage the Department of Defense’s extensive rapid acquisition toolkit through efforts, including software pathways implementation plans, AI-rapid adoption, supply chain diversification, and adaptive manufacturing. Each critical acquisition reform area that was explored illuminated the need for collaboration with allies and partners in this transformation. Ultimately, better burden sharing, shifting, and integration with allies and partners strengthens U.S. national security.
Breaking Barriers in Defense Acquisition
MITRE’s "Breaking Barriers in Defense Acquisition" Summit, held in May 2025, launched a transformative journey to modernize defense acquisition for speed, innovation, and warfighter effectiveness.