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Acquisition Officials Call For Quicker Access to Funds For Prototyping, Experimentation

Valerie Insinna

Thursday, January 7th, 2016

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Acquisition Officials Call For Quicker Access to Funds For Prototyping, Experimentation

The services’ acquisition officials on Thursday told a House panel that a flexible, “real time” funding account would enable the military to make better use of prototyping and experimentation.In the early stages of a weapons program, prototyping and experimentation are an invaluable way to introduce game-changing new technologies and drive down their risk before committing large amounts of money, officials said during a House Armed Services Committee (HASC) hearing. The problem is that the current budget process requires acquisition officials…

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