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Austin memo on 'innovation' and divestiture of 'legacy systems'

March 4, 2021

In a March 4, 2021 department-wide memo, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin pledges the Pentagon would modernize the military "at a speed and scale that matches a dynamic threat landscape," while also divesting "legacy systems and programs that no longer meet our security needs."

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