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Gates Says Pentagon Must Demand More Mature Technology In Missile Defense And Other Programs Before They Advance To Full Rate Production

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Monday, March 2nd, 2009

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The Department of Defense must ensure new technology is more mature before permitting programs such as missile defense systems to advance toward full-rate production, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said. Gates was asked by Space & Missile Defense Report about language in the federal budget outline for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2010, that President Obama sent to Congress, which says that technologies should be more mature before advancing toward acquisition. Would that provision freeze or delay missile defense…

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