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Rob Wittman: “It slashes red tape by creating new requirements processes…”

Featuring: Rob Wittman, Republican | U.S. House Virginia, 1st Congressional District

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Rep. Wittman Delivers Remarks from the House Floor in Support of National Defense Authorization Act

Published | Video Starts at 00:24

You know, this year the NDA placed an extraordinary emphasis on overhauling the acquisition process, shifting focus from compliance to quickly fielding new capabilities at speed and scale. It slashes red tape by creating new requirements processes to enable the Pentagon to actively seek existing technology solutions from industry. rather than prescribing overly exquisite gold plated systems with burdensome requirements. This year's bill also fully funds the President's request for counter drone systems, improves force protection for drones at … (00:24–00:34)

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Asserts that the NDA creates new processes to reduce red tape and enable the Pentagon to seek existing technology solutions.

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