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Pentagon Needs To Get Better At Open Systems, Acquisition Chief Says

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, September 19th, 2014

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Pentagon Needs To Get Better At Open Systems, Acquisition Chief Says

The Department of Defense is not integrating modular capabilities into acquisition programs as effectively as it should and needs to do a better job of acquiring the data rights needed to develop open architecture systems, according to Frank Kendall, the Pentagon’s top buyer. Kendall unveiled a draft version on Friday of his latest initiative to improve the acquisition process known as Better Buying Power 3.0. The document contains a section devoted to the use of modular and open architecture systems…

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