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Air Force Event To Push For Faster Fielding Of Technology

By Marc Selinger

Monday, April 30th, 2018

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Air Force Event To Push For Faster Fielding Of Technology

Air Force acquisition chief William Roper (Photo courtesy of Air Force)

The U.S. Air Force plans to hold a service-wide “acquisition day” in late May to review the status of its programs, including how they are doing on cost and what they can do to deploy new technology more quickly.Air Force acquisition chief William Roper said April 27 that he hopes one portion of the full-day event will focus on expanding the use of technology to improve sustainment, which accounts for much of the service's spending on weapon systems. “Sustainment has problems,” Roper told reporters at…

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