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Mazie Hirono: The traditional acquisition approach is not agile and results in late to need delivery of critical warfighting…

On the recordJanuary 20, 2016
The traditional acquisition approach is not agile and results in late to need delivery of critical warfighting capabilities and technologically superior forces and voiced a concern that our acquisition system prevents the timely delivery of the capabilities that our warfighters need to succeed.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii

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Hirono discusses issues with the Air Force's acquisition approach and its impact on warfighting capabilities.

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