Rogers, Smith push SPEED Act to attract Silicon Valley to DOD procurement

Rogers, Smith push SPEED Act to attract Silicon Valley to DOD procurement

A bipartisan House bill to overhaul the Pentagon's requirements process is the first step toward building a Defense Department that can engage with Silicon Valley and accelerate the delivery of new technologies to warfighters, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) said at a Hudson Institute event today. “We’re not trying to fix it,” Rogers said. “We’re trying to replace what they do in the Defense Department [with something]…