CSET’s Lauren A. Kahn and CFR’s Michael C. Horowitz shared their expert analysis in an op-ed published by The National Interest. In their piece, they explore how the U.S. Department of Defense’s outdated budget process is undermining the military’s ability to adopt and scale emerging technologies quickly enough to deter rising global threats. The relationship between the Pentagon and its congressional budget overseers, the appropriations committees, within the Planning, Programming, Budget, and Execution (PPBE) process often turns innovation adoption into a long, grinding battle even in the best of times.
The current PPBE process, though better suited to the slower pace of Cold War-era technological change, is now far too rigid and slow for today’s defense needs.Lauren A. Kahn and Michael C. Horowitz
Kahn and Horowitz emphasized the urgency of reform, noting, “The current PPBE process, though better suited to the slower pace of Cold War-era technological change, is now far too rigid and slow for today’s defense needs.”
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