Washington — a defense policy bill expected to be voted on this week does not include provisions that would have ensured the military’s ability to purchase the technical data, parts and. This decision by leadership comes after an intensive lobbying push by defense contractors in recent weeks against the bipartisan right to repair provisions. The final language of the annual bill that funds the us military is in It removes provisions that would have helped ensure service members’ ability to fix their own equipment. We are also dismayed that the conferenced ndaa bill removed important “right to repair” provisions that would allow the military to fix equipment in the field, without the need to deal with delayed and overpriced contractor support In wartime, these delays could be the difference between victory and defeat.
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