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Pentagon Releases Tougher Rules For Weapon Development and Purchasing

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Thursday, December 4th, 2008

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By Marina Malenic The Defense Department's outgoing acquisition czar has officially signed off on tough new guidelines for developing and buying weapons. In the first major change to the Pentagon's acquisition rules in over five years, John Young is requiring program managers to fund multiple prototypes of new technologies and allow their programs to face greater scrutiny in development before sinking too much money into technologically immature products. In a Dec. 2 memorandum to military officials, Young said the new…

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