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Pentagon Wants Visibility Into Internal Industry Research

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015

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Pentagon Wants Visibility Into Internal Industry Research

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall. Photo: DoD.

The Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer wants greater insight into future projects where contractors intend to spend internal develop money to drive down the eventual price of a product through a competitive bid.Beginning in fiscal 2017, contractors will be require to formally alert the appropriate Defense Department acquisition office before undertaking a project that will involve internal research and development funding (IR&D). Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall laid out the position in a late August white…

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