Combatant Commands as Customers?
From Elon Musk to Sen. Bernie Sanders, there is widespread agreement that the Department of Defense is way too slow in how it develops, acquires, deploys, maintains, and upgrades technology. However, the analysis behind this agreement often stops at point solutions and fails to wrestle with the systemic disconnect between a centrally-planned Defense Department and a decentralized free market. And until recently, the conversation has largely failed to recognize one of the most important voices in the defense ecosystem — the joint warfighter, as embodied in the combatant commands. If the Department of Defense were its own economy, with a The post Combatant Commands as Customers? appeared first on War on the Rocks.
From Elon Musk to Sen. Bernie Sanders, there is widespread agreement that the Department of Defense is way too slow in how it develops, acquires, deploys, maintains, and upgrades technology. However, the analysis behind this agreement often stops at point solutions and fails to wrestle with the systemic disconnect between a centrally-planned Defense Department and a decentralized free market. And until recently, the conversation has largely failed to recognize one of the most important voices in the defense ecosystem — the joint warfighter, as embodied in the combatant commands. If the Department of Defense were its own economy, with a
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