{"id":37514,"date":"2017-12-11T21:06:46","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T21:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2017\/12\/11\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:18:08","slug":"the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2017\/12\/11\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"The heart of Army acquisition reform? Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army leaders are putting the future firmly in their crosshairs as they aim to overhaul and modernize the service, including the process for developing and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/it-networks\/2017\/12\/07\/between-readiness-and-innovation-who-wins\/\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\">procuring high technology<\/a>. But will the emphasis on the future be enough to save the Army from a history of bureaucracy and red tape that has marred rapid acquisition?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Across the Army and the broader Department of Defense, efforts to reform the acquisition process are under way, from the creation of new teams and task forces dedicated to improving oversight and streamlining the process in the Army to the upcoming split in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. AT&amp;L on Feb. will split into two undersecretaries of Research and Engineering and Acquisition and Sustainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Army, officials are making plans to overhaul everything from missile defense to IT and networks, and the changes involve the highest echelons of the service and impact all the way down the chain of command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/it-networks\/2017\/12\/06\/can-the-army-pivot-on-it-modernization\/\" title=\"\" data-original-title=\"\">Can the Army pivot on IT modernization?<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur failure to modernize as quickly as possible will most likely exacerbate the significant risks the total Army now faces. This makes reform of our industrial-age acquisition system a strategic imperative,\u201d Army Secretary Mark Esper told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Dec. 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials are hedging their bets on the forthcoming Army Futures Command, announced in October as Army Modernization Command and expected to launch around the summer of 2018. The new command will have eight cross-functional teams, and a key goal is to reduce the requirements development process from 60 months to 12, Esper said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis requires Army leadership to be directly involved in making tough choices to divest inefficiencies and reinvest in priorities, which we are committed to doing,\u201d he noted in prepared remarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army is emphasizing technology in this acquisition overhaul and new command launch, including by aligning 80 percent of science and technology funding toward six core modernization priorities: long-range precision fires, next-generation combat vehicle, future vertical lift, the network, air and missile defense, and soldier lethality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, Esper said the reviews the Army conducted to decide what science and technology efforts should be divested are complete and have enabled the service to shift $1.1 billion in funding toward priorities, according to C4ISRNET sister publication <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2017\/12\/07\/army-looks-to-cut-typical-acquisition-timeline-in-half\/\" title=\"\" data-original-title=\"\" class=\"\">Defense News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re in a completely different technology space today than we were in the \u201980s. Then, the information age was kind of on the horizon, but now it\u2019s upon us,\u201d Maj. Gen. William Hix, Army director of strategy, plans and policy in the office of the deputy chief of staff (G-3\/5\/7), said Dec. 6 in Washington, <a href=\"https:\/\/fcw.com\/articles\/2017\/12\/06\/army-modernization-command-williams.aspx?m=2\">according to FCW<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re not saying, \u2018How are going to necessarily execute the current system better\u2019 \u2014 we are working at that \u2014 but we\u2019re also working at what do we have to do to change the system to be more agile and responsive?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hix also said that, with the creation of the new Futures Command, the Army will try to break from its history of slow-moving processes and bureaucracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe big thing we seek to avoid is becoming a bureaucracy that eats a bureaucracy \u2026 we\u2019re very conscious of that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Army leaders are hedging their modernization bets on the forthcoming Army Futures Command.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":80495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":14,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[160,11,14,36,19,48],"tags":[],"coauthors":[2887],"class_list":["post-37514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-global","category-land","category-newsletters","category-pentagon","category-the-americas"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"C6ZZ33MGIBB3ZC3CVITQQ36WWA","arc_canonical_url":"\/it-networks\/2017\/12\/11\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The heart of Army acquisition reform? Technology - Defense News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Army leaders are hedging their modernization bets on the forthcoming Army Futures Command.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The heart of Army acquisition reform? Technology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Army leaders are hedging their modernization bets on the forthcoming Army Futures Command.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2017\/12\/11\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Defense News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-12-11T21:06:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-08T18:18:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Amber Corrin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Amber Corrin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\n\t    \"@context\": \"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\n\t    \"@graph\": [\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Article\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/11\\\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\\\/#article\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/11\\\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"author\": {\n\t                \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"headline\": \"The heart of Army acquisition reform? Technology\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2017-12-11T21:06:46+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-08T18:18:08+00:00\",\n\t            \"mainEntityOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/11\\\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"wordCount\": 537,\n\t            \"commentCount\": 0,\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/11\\\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/GettyImages-869396308.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"articleSection\": [\n\t                \"Daily News Roundup\",\n\t                \"Global\",\n\t                \"Land\",\n\t                \"Newsletters\",\n\t                \"Pentagon\",\n\t                \"The Americas\"\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"CommentAction\",\n\t                    \"name\": \"Comment\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/11\\\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\\\/#respond\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebPage\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/11\\\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\\\/\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/11\\\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"The heart of Army acquisition reform? Technology - Defense News\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#website\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"primaryImageOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/11\\\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/11\\\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/GettyImages-869396308.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2017-12-11T21:06:46+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-08T18:18:08+00:00\",\n\t            \"description\": \"Army leaders are hedging their modernization bets on the forthcoming Army Futures Command.\",\n\t            \"breadcrumb\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/11\\\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\\\/#breadcrumb\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ReadAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/11\\\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\\\/\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/11\\\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\\\/#primaryimage\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/GettyImages-869396308.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/GettyImages-869396308.jpg.jpg\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/11\\\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\\\/#breadcrumb\",\n\t            \"itemListElement\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 1,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Home\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"home\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 2,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Land\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"land\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 3,\n\t                    \"name\": \"The heart of Army acquisition reform? Technology\"\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebSite\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#website\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Defense News\",\n\t            \"description\": \"Covering the politics, business and technology of defense | Defense News\",\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"SearchAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"EntryPoint\",\n\t                        \"urlTemplate\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"\n\t                    },\n\t                    \"query-input\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"PropertyValueSpecification\",\n\t                        \"valueRequired\": true,\n\t                        \"valueName\": \"search_term_string\"\n\t                    }\n\t                }\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#organization\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Defense News\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/\",\n\t            \"logo\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/defensenews-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/defensenews-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"Defense News\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"\n\t            }\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\",\n\t            \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"migration\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/author\\\/migration\\\/\"\n\t        }\n\t    ]\n\t}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The heart of Army acquisition reform? Technology - Defense News","description":"Army leaders are hedging their modernization bets on the forthcoming Army Futures Command.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The heart of Army acquisition reform? Technology","og_description":"Army leaders are hedging their modernization bets on the forthcoming Army Futures Command.","og_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2017\/12\/11\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\/","og_site_name":"Defense News","article_published_time":"2017-12-11T21:06:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-08T18:18:08+00:00","author":"Amber Corrin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Amber Corrin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2017\/12\/11\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2017\/12\/11\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\/"},"author":{"name":"migration","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1"},"headline":"The heart of Army acquisition reform? Technology","datePublished":"2017-12-11T21:06:46+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-08T18:18:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2017\/12\/11\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\/"},"wordCount":537,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2017\/12\/11\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-869396308.jpg.jpg","articleSection":["Daily News Roundup","Global","Land","Newsletters","Pentagon","The Americas"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2017\/12\/11\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2017\/12\/11\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2017\/12\/11\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\/","name":"The heart of Army acquisition reform? Technology - Defense News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2017\/12\/11\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2017\/12\/11\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-869396308.jpg.jpg","datePublished":"2017-12-11T21:06:46+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-08T18:18:08+00:00","description":"Army leaders are hedging their modernization bets on the forthcoming Army Futures Command.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2017\/12\/11\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2017\/12\/11\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2017\/12\/11\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-869396308.jpg.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-869396308.jpg.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2017\/12\/11\/the-heart-of-army-acquisition-reform-technology\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/","ad_zone":"home"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Land","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/","ad_zone":"land"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The heart of Army acquisition reform? Technology"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/","name":"Defense News","description":"Covering the politics, business and technology of defense | Defense News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#organization","name":"Defense News","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/defensenews-logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/defensenews-logo-white.png","caption":"Defense News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1","name":"migration","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"migration"},"url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/author\/migration\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Defense News","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews","push-errors":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-869396308.jpg.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37514"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37515,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37514\/revisions\/37515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37514"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=37514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}