Long-sought goal of better Pentagon buying may finally be within reach, Jerry McGinn quoted

Executive Director Jerry McGinn recently weighed in on last week’s White House EO aiming to modernize the defense acquisition process. 

He shared with DefenseOne that the Trump Administration is on the right track but does not go far enough in detailing follow-on production, scale, and sustainment. 

Another problem with the order, said Jerry McGinn, executive director of the Baroni Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University, is that it’s “light on details regarding follow-on production, scale, and sustainment—areas where the defense industrial base struggles the most, and the biggest challenges should a major conflict break out.” 

Patrick Tucker and Jennifer Hlad, DefenseOne, April 11, 2025

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