Lawmakers and the defense industry want to tweak a new law intended to grant the Pentagon rights to technical data underlying weapons programs so multiple companies can build the systems. This data-rights change, spelled out in the fiscal year 2011 defense authorization act, was touted by lawmakers as a way to increase competition for weapon systems and other items the Pentagon contracts with industry to build or provide. The idea is for the Pentagon to obtain the legal rights to…
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Senate defense authorizers are seeking more info from the Army on its plans for scaling and deploying small drone capabilities citing concern with the service’s current “fragmented and insufficient” approach. […]
SASC Bill Would Raise Amphib Requirement To 33 Ships
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The Army is planning to initiate its competition to build the Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV)-Heavy in the fourth quarter of this year, a senior acquisition official has said. Jesse Tolleson, […]