New National Defense Strategy Prioritizes High-Tech Equipment, Acquisition Reforms

The Pentagon’s new national defense strategy, an unclassified summary of which was released Jan. 19, prioritizes the procurement of high-end capabilities and streamlining business practices.

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis outlined the areas of emphasis in a speech at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C., which he delivered the same day that the unclassified summary was released and the classified version of the strategy was delivered to Congress.

“Today America’s military reclaims an era of strategic purpose,” Mattis said. “We will continue to prosecute the campaign against terrorists… but great power competition — not terrorism — is now the primary focus of U.S. national security.”

Continue reading: http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2018/1/19/new-national-defense-strategy-prioritizes-high-tech-equipment-acquisition-reforms