Air Force Defends FFRDCs, Blasts Critics
BR Air Force Defends FFRDCs, Blasts Critics By Neil Munro Staff Writer U.S. Air Force officials have rejected the recommendations of an advisory task force that commercial industry be allowed to compete for the $1.2 billion annually spent on the Pentagon's 11 federally funded research and development centers. "We completely disagree ... [and] recommend that the Department ignore the recommendations of the task force and disband
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Air Force Defends FFRDCs, Blasts Critics
By Neil Munro
Staff Writer
U.S. Air Force officials have rejected the recommendations of an advisory task force that commercial industry be allowed to compete for the $1.2 billion annually spent on the Pentagon's 11 federally funded research and development centers.
"We completely disagree ... [and] recommend that the Department ignore the recommendations of the task force and disband the group," according to a March 17 memo signed by Arthur Money, the Air Force's acquisition chief, and Gen. Thomas Moorman, the Air Force's vice chief of staff.
The memo, sent to Anita Jones, the Pentagon's research chief, also reiterated the Air Force's opposition to any industry buyouts of the nonprofit FFRDCs, such as the proposed purchase of the Aerospace Corp.'s FFRDC by Science Applications International Corp., San Diego.
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