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Defense Acquisition System
The decade just ended was a disaster for defense procurement. Most of the Army's major development programs were canceled. The Air Force saw its top-of-the-line fighter and future bomber killed while failing to get a new tanker into production for ten straight years. The Navy walked away from
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Date:
1/3/2011
A major part of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates’ legacy may be his efforts to reform the weapons acquisition system. The Secretary has repeatedly lashed the acquisition system for being unresponsive to the needs of the warfighter, too slow and too expensive. The defense landscape is littered with
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Date:
9/8/2010


