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House Authorization Panel Approves Air Force EASE Concept

/ May 3, 2011 at 10:17 PM
A top House panel supports the goals of the Air Force's new Evolutionary Acquisition for Space Efficiency strategy but does not approve of current plans for its implementation, according to congressional documents. The House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee officials expressed their concerns in their mark-up of the fiscal year 2012 defense authorization bill. The service introduced EASE, an approach to space systems purchasing focused on block buys and fixed-price contracts, in its FY-12 budget request. The subcommittee mark-up cuts...

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