Think tankers urge DOD to keep software procurement simple

Think tankers urge DOD to keep software procurement simple

A panel of think tank analysts want the Pentagon to think more simply about software acquisition, according to a report released this week. China outproduces the United States in terms of military hardware like ships and missiles, but Christine Fox, co-chair of the Atlantic Council’s Commission on Software-Defined Warfare, told reporters Wednesday software is the key to confronting Beijing’s advantage in mass. “If we can get software right in th…