The Defense Department Inspector General's Office has opened an investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of the commercial messaging app Signal ahead of U.S. military airstrikes in ...

The five-year-old Software Acquisition Pathway (SWP) policy authorized by the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act is being reemphasized. A new memo from the Secretary of Defense Pete ...

The Pentagon must default to rapid acquisition processes when buying software, from business systems to weapons components, the defense secretary said in a Thursday memo. The move is a “big deal,” one ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memo this week requiring defense acquisition offices to use the Software Acquisition Pathway and other authorities to buy software. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP) ...