The Pentagon is proposing a revision to acquisition regulations that would expand the presumption that an item was developed at private expense, potentially diminishing the concerns of some commercial manufacturers. The proposed revision , which implements a provision in the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, broadens the list of items that contracting officers should presume were developed at private expense. This would ensure that, for instance, commercial-off-the-shelf items that include minor modifications to meet government requirements would still...
