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House Armed Services Committee promotes Speed Act to accelerate Defense acquisitions
Summary
Speakers at a House Armed Services Committee briefing said the Speed Act would shorten the Department of Defense's acquisition timelines, cutting red tape and encouraging innovation; the remarks called current procurement timelines 'more than a decade' in some cases but did not include a committee vote.
An unidentified speaker at a House Armed Services Committee briefing said the Speed Act would reform the Department of Defense's acquisition process to deliver weapons to service members more quickly.
Supporters argued that U.S. forces face fast-changing threats and that procurement under current rules is too slow. "It can take more than a decade from when we identify a need to when we finally deploy it," one speaker said, adding that "by then, the…
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