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DoD Sees Potential In Commercial Buys As Budget Constricts

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Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

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By Marina Malenic The Pentagon is looking to commercial manufacturers for product innovation and cost savings as the government prepares for a significant spending growth slowdown, the Defense Department's top industrial policy official said yesterday. "The defense industrial base is no longer immune to economic reality," said Brett Lambert, the director of industrial policy in the department's acquisition shop. "We must do more to encourage those in the commercial space, on the leading edge of technology, to provide product to…

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