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Pentagon Report Shows Slight Decline In Competition Rates; Warns Of Hypersonics Consolidation

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Pentagon Report Shows Slight Decline In Competition Rates; Warns Of Hypersonics Consolidation
Aerial of the Pentagon, the Department of Defense headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington DC, with I-395 freeway on the left, and the Air Force Memorial up middle.

Competition rates for Defense Department contract dollars have dipped a bit the past decade, the DoD says in a new report, which outlines five lines of effort aimed at dealing with challenges posed by industry consolidation and ways to boost competition and strengthen the supply chain. Between 2012 and 2021, competition rates peaked at 58.3 percent in fiscal year 2014 and bottomed out at 50.1 percent in FY ’20 before climbing back to 52 percent in FY ’21, says the…

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