Defense Acquisition Magazine May-June 2026

05 Integrated Product Team Readiness Levels– Is Your IPT Ready to Roll? Brian Schultz Readiness levels, first used by NASA, help assess whether a particular factor in technology maturity rates as high or low. 10 Support the Mission— Grow the Force Matthew Cosgrove

The Navy focuses on effective work - force development and talent manage - ment of its Life Cycle Logistics acquisi - tion workforce.

14 Agile Principles as Framework for Warfighting

Acquisition Reform Miranda Lewis

Longstanding Agile principles need ex - plicit recognition to help deliver capa - bility faster and more effectively.

20 Publicizing

Contract Actions Jennifer Jones

The governmentwide point of entry web page at Sam.gov provides a centralized source of information on all upcoming federal solicitations over $25,000.

26 The Pathway Is Not the Problem David Kuroda

The Adaptive Acquisition Framework improvements do not end the need for planning that aligns strategy, execution, and stakeholder needs.

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