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The Impact of Acquisition Reform on Department of Defense Specifications and Standards for Materials and Processes Report of the Workshop on Technical Strategies for Adoption of Commercial Materials and Processing Standards in Defense Procurement (2002) / Chapter Skim
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4 Workshop Session 3:
Implementation Issues--Government Agencies' Perspectives
Pages 19-22

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... NASA IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMERCIAL SPECIFICATIONS Mark Shuart, of the NASA Langley Research Center, spoke of NASA Langley's efforts in developing composite materials and their associated standards. Its development focus is to formulate new materials, characterize new materials and material forms, and to demonstrate and validate new concepts.
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... FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION PERSPECTIVE Larry Ilcewicz, of the FAA, spoke on the following topics: FAA certification and delegation for commercial products; general outlook on the barriers; recommended solutions for composites used in aviation products; an evolving national plan for composite certification initiatives; and some progress in base material control and shared databases. He said that the good old recipes are understood, reliable, and proven to yield repeatable, safe, and durable products.
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... Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center at Los ;; ~ 1 Angeles Air Force Base, elaborated on the systems-level acquisition methodology for the center and on technical challenges and issues. The goal of acquisition reform is to derive a best practice by capitalizing on commercial practices and competitive supplier designs and processes and by consistently applying them across the DoD.
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... Companies that could not compete using MilSpec requirements can supply to performance-based requirements. Test methods vary between supplier companies.
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