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If necessity is the mother of invention, innovation will be the father as the U.S. Navy seeks new methods that will allow it to continue to modernize amid harsh budget constraints.

The lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) acquisition strategy, which focuses on price over value, has become the dominant approach that agencies are applying to federal contracting. The accelerated transition to this strategy has been fueled by sequestration and the growing need for government to do business at a reduced cost. Contractors are still learning how to operate in this new environment, but many fear that the emphasis on lower cost labor will reduce the expertise of the work force and result in lower levels of effort.

James Bond’s U.S. counterpart may be equipped more with commercial technologies than with systems developed in intelligence community laboratories. The private sector will be called upon to provide even more capabilities to help keep the intelligence community ahead of adversaries and budget cuts.

East: Joint Warfighting 2013 Online Show Daily, Day 3

AFCEA International is hosting a presentation by Tony Constable, president, CAI/SISCo, at 4 p.m.

East: Joint Warfighting 2013 Online Show Daily, Day 1

Moving forward through sequester, next fiscal year's evaluations include new contracts and contacts.

Coalition interoperability has received a good deal of focus during the past few years.

Additive manufacturing, more commonly understood in the technology world as 3-D printing, is here to stay.

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