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Pete Hegseth: “We killed the old Defense Acquisition system and created the…”

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In fundamentally transforming our acquisition ecosystem, we killed J SIG that focused only on process and turned the JROC into a body that ranks real world joint operational problems, not paper requirements. We created the MIA to run experimentation campaigns to solve these problems. We killed the old Defense Acquisition system and created the War Fighting Acquisition System to focus on speed, risk and accountability. With the AI strategy and innovation ecosystem transformation that we have just outlined, we are welding that third piece into place. The CTO, DiU, SCO, DARPA, CDAO and OSC are no longer a loose federation. (41:07–41:17)

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Asserts that the old Defense Acquisition system was replaced with the War Fighting Acquisition System.

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