Lawmakers and the defense industry want to tweak a new law intended to grant the Pentagon rights to technical data underlying weapons programs so multiple companies can build the systems. This data-rights change, spelled out in the fiscal year 2011 defense authorization act, was touted by lawmakers as a way to increase competition for weapon systems and other items the Pentagon contracts with industry to build or provide. The idea is for the Pentagon to obtain the legal rights to…
Tweaks Sought To DoD’s Ability To Open Contracts To More Firms
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