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John McCain: After a 30-year procurement history, costs and design are (or should be) stable and enough is (or should be) known…

On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
After a 30-year procurement history, costs and design are (or should be) stable and enough is (or should be) known, about technology risk associated with those programs so that the Navy should be contracting here on a fixed-price--not cost-reimbursable--basis.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

Editor's note · Context

McCain criticizes the Navy's use of cost-reimbursable contracts for submarine programs.

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