The primary goal of the Acquisition Review Quarterly (ARQ) is to provide practicing acquisition professionals with revelant management tools and information based on recent advances in policy, management theory, and research. The ARQ addresses the needs of professionals across the full spectrum of defense acquisition, and is intended to serve as a mechanism for fostering and disseniating scholarly research on acquisition issues, for exchanging opinions, for communicating policy decisions, and for maintaining a high level of awareness regarding acquisition management philosophies. This issues deals with changes in acquisition, virtual system acquisition, DoD contracting, weapons acquisition process and impact of the Internet on procurement.