The Joint Biological Tactical Detection System is ready to go into production. It’s been 20 years in the making, but the Army is about to get its first lightweight, low-cost, man-portable defense ...

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 ...

The Department of Defense has scuttled the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS). In a memorandum signed last week, Defense Secretary Hegseth and Deputy Secretary Feinberg ...

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 ...

A wave of efficiency talk has arrived in Washington, epitomized by the Department of Government Efficiency now roaming the halls of the Pentagon. But as policymakers examine how government actually ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has vowed to serve as the Pentagon’s “change agent,” reforming the acquisition process and placing emerging capabilities in the hands of warfighters faster. This is a ...

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 ...