Ken Calvert: “The bill includes over 1 billion to the Defense Innovation…”

“This multi pronged approach is critical to create a physically sustainable and efficient workforce and is informed by previous defense reform efforts. Next, we are aware the department must innovate faster to keep pace with global threats. To do this, The bill includes over 1 billion to the Defense Innovation unit to get needed capability into the hands of the warfighter. The bill focuses on near term delivery of capability, partnering with the private sector. We cannot continue to take decades to produce new systems or even worse, invest billions into programs that must be eventually canceled due to non performance.” (04:15–04:22)

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