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... not been allocated sufficient funding by their organizations to allow their technical personnel to be involved with the various NGSB committees to ensure that DoD interests are represented. Industry support is also decreasing as a result of inadequate funding and the Toss of the skilled anti experienced personnel who would otherwise be expected to participate on the appropriate committees.
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... Although contractors are scrambling to recover, the recent wholesale cancellation of military specifications has strained configuration control and increased product performance risk throughout the military supply chain. The additional cost to cope with this transition will continue over the next generation of contracts and products.
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... The apparent lack of a DoD master plan and DoD master coordinator for the military materials and processes specification development strategy is causing confusion and delay during the acquisition reform transition. The key barrier to military use of commercial materials and process specifications appears to be a lack of DoD participation in NGSBs, which poses a significant risk that specifications may not meet military needs.


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