John Phelan: “RAS allows us to harness the ingenuity of a much broader…”

“RAS is where we will identify our most critical operational requirements, compete aggressively to find the best capabilities, and then integrate those capabilities into the fleet as tailored forced packages. Not one size fits all solutions. In other words, RAS allows us to harness the ingenuity of a much broader industrial base and to do it faster than traditional acquisition pathways ever allowed. Only a small number of companies in this country can afford to stand up a full scale submarine production line. But Autonomy is different. RAS is fast.” (32:46–32:57)

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