Gates Outlines Major Cuts To Contracting

By Paul McLeary, Michael Bruno

Traditional weapons programs like shipbuilding and emerging capabilities like cyberwarfare may be beneficiaries of the one-third, three-year cut in services support contracting that U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates outlined Aug. 9.

The steps announced were at once sweeping and seemingly nibbling, but all will be up for what promises to be a ...

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