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Navy Air, Space, Ship And Marine Corps Domains Show Results From ’08 OA Efforts

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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

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By Geoff Fein The Navy was hard at work in 2008 implementing open architecture into its aviation, space, submarine and weapons systems domains, as well as Marine Corps programs. Aside from conducting workshops, online OA training courses, and participating in naval OA conferences, the Navy has begun to reap the benefits of efforts to increase competition, lower the cost of procuring systems, and keep pace with technology change. According to documents provided to Defense Daily, last year the Navy witnessed…

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