Mattis: DOD needs to open up communications with industry

By Justin Doubleday / October 9, 2017 at 11:44 AM
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis again called for closer ties with industry during his keynote address at the Association of the United States Army’s annual meeting, as he highlighted the importance of reforming the Defense Department’s business processes. Mattis said he wants to open up communication with American industry “much more robustly,” a point he also made last month at the Air Force Association’s annual convention . “I also want to remember that corporations are made up of Americans, too, and...

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