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Budget

DoD Will Continue To Invest In Small Firms It Deems Vital

Julie Samuel

Thursday, February 21st, 2013

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The Pentagon plans to continue a new effort to support small defense companies, if needed, to ensure the government retains the critical capabilities they uniquely provide. Brett Lambert, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for manufacturing and industrial base policy, said yesterday that the Pentagon has found several “key points of vulnerability” in the defense industrial base and has “intervened” by bolstering lower-tier companies. “And you’ll see more interventions in (the) budget coming up, but only when absolutely necessary,” he…

Congress

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Congress

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