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NDAA Requires Air Force Plan To Implement New EELV Acquisition Strategy

Pat Host

Friday, January 3rd, 2014

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NDAA Requires Air Force Plan To Implement New EELV Acquisition Strategy

Language requiring the Air Force secretary to develop a plan to implement a new acquisition strategy for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program made it into the fiscal year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The NDAA specifically requires a general description of how the Air Force secretary, which is now Deborah James, will conduct competition with respect to awarding a contract to certified EELV launch providers as described in a Nov. 27, 2012, Acquisition Decision Memorandum (ADM). Such…

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