By Emelie Rutherford House lawmakers are moving toward requiring the Pentagon more often to secure the rights to technical designs underlying weapon systems developed by contractors. A new defense-acquisition-reform bill, approved yesterday by a House panel and pegged for a House vote next week, calls for the Pentagon to increase its acquisition of technical-data rights to support the long-term sustainment of weapon systems. Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) said he wants to go further and require the Pentagon obtain such data…
Lawmakers Want Pentagon To Gain Data Rights To More Weapon Systems
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