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Commentary: Changing Acquisitions to a ‘Wartime Mindset’

September 3, 2025

Jennifer Stewart

NDIA Magazine

https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2025/9/3/changing-acquisitions-to-a-wartime-mindset

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