House lawmakers want 10-day notice for rapid prototyping projects

By Justin Doubleday / May 4, 2016 at 9:00 AM
House authorizers want a 10 days heads up before the Navy initiates a project using money from a new fund the service wants to establish for rapid prototyping and experimentation. Lawmakers included a provision in the House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee mark-up of the fiscal year 2017 defense policy bill requiring the Navy to submit a notice to the congressional defense committees each time it plans to begin a rapid prototyping project. The service must then wait...

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