This panel will examine the Administration’s push to accelerate defense procurement and what it could mean for the future of commercial item acquisition, OTAs, and engagement with nontraditional contractors. Panelists will explore whether efforts to reduce thresholds, streamline oversight, and limit regulatory friction genuinely enable speed and innovation—or introduce new risks for contractors and the government alike. The discussion will focus on how these policy signals may recalibrate compliance expectations, pricing strategies, and acquisition structures, and what practical choices primes, subs, and emerging contractors must make to compete in a faster, more outcome driven procurement environment.

Panelists
Reggie Jones, Partner and Chair, Federal Government Contracts, Fox Rothschild
Jerry McGinn, CSIS, Director, Center for the Industrial Base and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department
John Peacock, Pricing Director, ITC Federal
Steve Trautwein, Senior Manager, Consulting, Forvis Mazars