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<\/a><\/figure>NASA is announcing the relaunch of the NASA Acquisition Innovation Launchpad (NAIL), a framework to drive innovation and modernize acquisition processes across the agency, after piloting the program for a year.<\/p>\n
NASA spends approximately $21 billion or 85% of its budget on acquiring goods and services. Managed by NASA\u2019s Office of Procurement, the NAIL was established to identify ways to manage risk-taking and encourage innovation through the submission, review, and approval of ideas from anyone who engages in the acquisition process.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Since launching last year,<\/a> the goal of the NAIL has been to build an innovation-focused culture that can produce ideas from team members in the Office of Procurement or across the agency, as well as from industry.<\/p>\n \u201cThe success of the NAIL inaugural year has laid a strong foundation for the future,\u201d said Karla Smith Jackson, deputy chief acquisition officer and assistant administrator for the Office of Procurement.<\/p>\n Over the past year, the NAIL has achieved numerous milestones, allowing NASA to approach various procurement challenges and implement diverse solutions. Key accomplishments include improving procurement processes and technological automations and developing an industry feedback forum. The program update will leverage industry\u2019s feedback to continue fostering innovative solutions and optimize the agency\u2019s procurement efforts.<\/p>\n As NASA\u2019s Office of Procurement embarks on fiscal year 2025, the NAIL relaunch will use information from the program\u2019s pilot year to focus on the following priorities:<\/p>\n \u201cWe are incredibly proud of the program\u2019s achievements and are even more excited about the opportunities ahead with the relaunch,\u201d said Kameke Mitchell, NAIL chair and director for the Procurement Strategic Operations Division. \u201cWe encourage everyone to get involved and make fiscal year 2025 a standout year for innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n In addition to programmatic updates, NAIL\u2019s program manager, Brittney Chappell, will lead new engagements and framework enhancements moving forward.<\/p>\n \u201cI am thrilled to step into this role and lead the program, using everything our team has learned from the last year,\u201d said Chappell. \u201cTogether with internal and external stakeholders, we will turn bold ideas into impactful solutions that drive real change.\u201d<\/p>\n To collaborate or share innovative ideas, reach out to the NAIL Procurement team at hq-op-nail@mail.nasa.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n For more information about the NAIL framework, visit:<\/p>\n\n