Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base, Executive Order 14265, April 9, 2025
Emphasizes speed, flexibility, and execution in defense acquisitions through several areas of reform. Requires a first preference for commercial solutions and Other Transactions Authority and carrying out detailed reviews of the defense acquisitions workforce and requirements in order to promote the streamlining and acceleration of acquisitions.
From the Order:
Section 1. Purpose. As Chief Executive and Commander in Chief, I am committed to ensuring that the United States military possesses the most lethal warfighting capabilities in the world. America's defense industrial base is central to this effort. Similarly, the defense acquisition workforce is a national strategic asset that will be decisive in any conflict, where the factory floor can be just as significant as the battlefield.
Unfortunately, after years of misplaced priorities and poor management, our defense acquisition system does not provide the speed and flexibility our Armed Forces need to have decisive advantages in the future. In order to strengthen our military edge, America must deliver state-of-the-art capabilities at speed and scale through a comprehensive overhaul of this system.