What does it mean for military readiness? Less. Less readiness? To put it bluntly, we've had less readiness as a result of this. Now, Our acquisition paradigm was really designed in the 1950s and 60s and hasn't really changed since then. And in fairness to Pentagon individuals and the contractors together, much of that's been on us. We have not forced an Upgrade to our DFARs, defense acquisition regulations that govern the entire federal acquisition environment. (05:22–05:29)
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