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ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy’s top acquisition official on Tuesday said the service needs to continue using more fast acquisition tools to better pivot to new threats.He singled out other transaction authorities (OTAs): acquisition instruments other than contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements that aim to provide more streamlined ways to work on prototype projects and then turn those successes into follow-on production.OTAs are not subject to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) contract rules and its supplements.The Navy has “not deployed them…
