Defense firms should steer toward “untended” ground in the wake of budget cuts as well as focus less on high end and risky technologies that may cost more than the Pentagon will spend, said Alexander Vacca, a defense executive who led a recent study on the industry. “The next program doesn’t necessarily have to be more advanced than the last program,” Vacca said yesterday. “The government wants to pay less for things.” Vacca led a forecast by TechAmerica Foundation on…
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