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Army Official Asks Industry For Help In Inflation, Supply Chain Problems

Friday, August 12th, 2022

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Army Official Asks Industry For Help In Inflation, Supply Chain Problems

Major Gen. Rober Rasch, program executive officer for Army Missiles and Space (PEO M&S). (Photo: U.S. Army)

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – An Army official this week asked industry to work with the government to help mitigate inflation and supply chain issues impacting military procurement. “We are in probably the worst headwinds we've seen for a while and the headwinds fighting against us, we're gonna need some help from our industry partners. Inflation is here, you know, it's here. It's high. In some areas, it's probably not as high in other areas. We need better communication with industry,” Maj.…

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