The military's acquisition reform push means 85% ready is good enough to start

Among the changes that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth laid out in his Nov. 7 address to industry is the idea that the Pentagon will be more willing to buy a system that provides “the 85% solution” now and the full solution later. On Tuesday, a panel of industry executives talked at a Defense One event about what that might take and what it might mean. “It starts with how much acquisition risk are [they] willing to take to decrease operational