What Happened
Breaking Down Bureaucratic Barriers in Acquisition Process
The Pentagon’s special operations office hosted its first Accelerator Event, a Shark Tank-style exercise where industry members pitched capabilities to solve some of the toughest problems in the special operations world. The event, sponsored by the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, aimed to break down bureaucratic barriers in the acquisition process and provide a rapid on-ramp for innovative technologies. According to officials, the goal is to prove that the acquisition system doesn’t have to take years to deliver what special operations forces need today. The event was first reported by Breaking Defense.