A new Air Force purchasing strategy that aims to save money through higher-quantity satellite buys is seen by some critics as counterproductive. The new Evolutionary Acquisition for Space Strategy, or EASE, was rolled out in the service's Fiscal 2012 budget request. The plan is to end the current practice of purchasing satellites one at a time or on a just-in-time basis, which has resulted in debilitating cost increases. Under EASE, fixed-price contracts and block buys would simultaneously stabilize the industrial…
Critics Pan New Satellite Buy Strategy
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