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Army Negotiating With PrSM Competitor Experiencing ‘Technical Problems’ Ahead Of Next Flight Tests

Army Negotiating With PrSM Competitor Experiencing ‘Technical Problems’ Ahead Of Next Flight Tests
Dr. Bruce D. Jette, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Aquisition, Logistics and Technology), poses for his official portrait in the Army portrait studio at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., Jan. 2, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Monica King)

The Army is negotiating with one of the two competitors in its Precision Strike Missile Program (PrSM) to keep the company involved in the program after it experienced “technical problems” with its offering, a top acquisition official said Thursday. “We have two candidates. Of the two candidates, one missile was successful firing and the other missile had some technical problems. Not insurmountable,” Bruce Jette, the service’s acquisition executive, told lawmakers during a House Armed Services tactical air and land forces…

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