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GAO: Pentagon Has Tripled Use Of OTA Agreements Over The Last Three Years

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GAO: Pentagon Has Tripled Use Of OTA Agreements Over The Last Three Years
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The Pentagon has tripled its use of Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreements over the last three years to bring in more non-traditional partners to work on emerging technologies and prototyping, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. GAO found DoD increased its amount obligated toward prototype OTA deals from $1.4 billion to $3.7 billion from FY '16 to FY '18, with nearly 90 percent of OTA actions executed with non-traditional partners.  Congress in 2015 granted DoD the…

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