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Pentagon

Collaborative Nature Of USSOCOM’s TALOS Is Future Of Procurement, McRaven Says

Pat Host

Tuesday, February 11th, 2014

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Collaborative Nature Of USSOCOM’s TALOS Is Future Of Procurement, McRaven Says

U.S. Special Operations Command’s (USSOCOM) Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS) program, where partners within the Defense Department, industry and academia work together to solve an operational challenge and earn prestige and prize money, is the future of doing business with industry, according to head of the command. USSOCOM chief Adm. William McRaven said Tuesday the command is teaming with 56 corporations, 16 government agencies, 13 universities and 10 national labs on the TALOS program to leverage the expertise from…

Army

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Army

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