UNITED STATES: QDR may benefit smaller contractors

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  • Export controls
  • Cold War 'relic'
  • Key deficiencies
  • Streamlined regulations
  • Industrial base
  • Attention to non-prime contractors
  • 'Twentieth century' platforms
  • Accelerating acquisition
  • Meeting commanders' requirements
  • High-tech over-perfection
  • Requirement 'creep'
  • More realistic process
  • Fixed-price contracting?
  • Gates's strategy

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