Roche Lambastes 'National Teams' Approach To Contracting

By John Liang / May 14, 2002 at 5:00 AM
NEW YORK -- Air Force Secretary James Roche today lambasted the practice of establishing "national teams" of contractors to develop weapon systems, saying he would avoid it whenever possible. "From my point of view, national teams are a way for two competitors to collude to provide what they want to provide as compared to what we might want to buy," Roche said at an aerospace and defense finance conference here. "So it will be my policy whenever possible to avoid...

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