Winning the Competition: Leveraging Acquisition for Strategic Advantage

Panel conversation from Accelerating Warfighting Capabilities, the Naval Postgraduate School's 23rd Annual Acquisition Research Symposium & Innovation Summit on May 6-7, 2026, hosted by the Acquisition Research Program at Naval Postgraduate School. Chair: Dr. Dave Lewis, VADM USN (ret.), Professor of the Practice, Naval Postgraduate School; former Director of the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) Papers & Panelists: From Policy to Practice: Drivers of Acquisition Acceleration Reform – Ane Ofstad Presterud, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment Offensive Acquisition: How Acquisition Processes Can Seize the Initiative in the US-China Competition – Emily de La Bruyere, Horizon Advisory Defense Security Cooperation Acquisition Reform via Workforce Education – Jerry McGinn, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) To learn more about the symposium or ARP, or to read the full research papers, visit www.researchsymposium.com and www.acquisitionresearch.net. Subscribe to our weekly Need to Know newsletter here: https://nps.edu/web/acqnresearch/news... Music by: Bensound.com License code: P2CZVFWNM4GAAZRK Artist: : Benjamin Tissot