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Tim Sheehy: “We have not forced an Upgrade to our DFARs, defense…”

Featuring: Tim Sheehy, Republican | U.S. Senate from Montana

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Published July 10, 2025 | Video Starts at 05:33

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. We have not forced them to upgrade those, and it's about time we do, because the systems simply were not as complicated. Software. (05:33–05:42)

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Asserts that there has been no forced upgrade to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFARs).

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