Industry could gain a competitive advantage by focusing on research and development that benefits the Defense Department's goals, according to the Pentagon's deputy assistant secretary of defense for space, strategic and intelligence systems. Speaking at a breakfast in Washington on April 1, John McNellis, who recently moved from industry into his new role at the Pentagon, said DOD's major acquisition reform initiative Better Buying Power can be a boon to industry. These comments came in response to a question regarding a Better Buying Power tenet that encourages industry to spend its own money to get ahead of DOD's requirements.
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