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GDIT Partnering With Smaller Companies To Meet Innovation ‘Paradigm Shift,’ Shrinking R&D Budgets

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, April 24th, 2019

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GDIT Partnering With Smaller Companies To Meet Innovation ‘Paradigm Shift,’ Shrinking R&D Budgets

Yogesh Khanna, GDIT's CTO

General Dynamics [GD] Information Technology (GDIT) will look to increasingly leverage Silicon Valley and smaller companies’ innovations in new technology areas, specifically automation, as government customers face tighter research and development budgets, company officials said Tuesday. GDIT’s top technology officials told reporters during a roundtable the company is working to build up a supply chain risk framework to ensure its new partners meet stringent security requirements, including those working primarily in offshore development. "It is a huge paradigm shift. Gone…

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