Forbes dives deep into trailblazing relationship between U.S. Navy and VIA
Procurement cycles for the US Department of Defense have historically taken a long time—a decade has not been unusual. Many recent acquisition projects are longer even than the historical norm, and are of course incompatible with the pace of change in contemporary information technologies. For example, an analysis by the DoD, Rand Corporation, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies found that procurements since 2015 took at least five years to complete; some stretched out to fifteen years. This is at a time when announcements of new AI capabilities take place daily.