Defense Department Chief Information Officer Terry Halvorsen said that a recent trip to Silicon Valley reinforced the fact that the department will be looking to industry to drive innovation for the nation’s military. Not only will a closer partnership require DoD to move more quickly, it will require vendors to better understand DoD’s needs, he said.
Halvorsen said DoD will have to speed up acquisitions if it wants to work with some of the up-and-coming companies that work in a venture capital environment.
“Six months is a really long time for them,” said Halvorsen July 9 at the DoD CIO Mobility Industry Day, hosted by AFCEA’s Washington, D.C. chapter
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