On February 3, 2021, the Acquisition Research Program presented a webinar, Innovations in Software Acquisition at the Department of Defense. Software is part of almost everything the DoD buys, from cloud services and apps to weapons systems. This webinar explains some of the recent changes to acquisition law and policy, including pilot programs at the US Navy in cloud computing and DevSecOps.  Watch the video and review presenters' slides. 

Presenters' materials

Jeff Dunlap, The challenges we face in Software Acquisitions are nothing new…

Melissa Merker, Digital Transformation Throughout the Naval Enterprise

Pete Modigliani, DoD's Software Acquisition Pathway

Nick Tsiopanas, Buying Consumption-based Solutions