Maj. Gen. Phil Brooks, center, observes students disable drones at the Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems University. (Christopher Wilson/Army) The Department of Defense has scuttled the ...

After years of complaints that it slowed innovation and buried programs in red tape, the Pentagon has officially scrapped the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS). In an ...

Experts arguing to scrap the JCIDS process say the military needs more rapid acquisition processes, such as the model that helped develop Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, shown here, during ...

When the secretary of defense signed a new memorandum last week, few outside DoD acquisition circles may have noticed, with the curious exception of Laura Loomer on X. There was not much fanfare, but ...

The Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) has evolved from an aspiring solution to meet joint warfighting needs into a bureaucratic impediment that actively impedes military ...