Enthusiasm Growing at Pentagon for OTAs
2/4/2021
By Jon Harper
The National Defense Industrial Association’s second annual Vital Signs report on the health of the U.S. defense industrial base was released Feb. 2. To download a copy, please click HERE.
The Pentagon is using special contracting mechanisms to try to promote innovation and bring nontraditional partners into the acquisition fold.
The use of one of them — other transaction authority agreements — has skyrocketed in recent years. Meanwhile, spending on the more established Small Business Innovation Research program has remained flat, according to data presented in the National Defense Industrial Association’s “Vital Signs 2021†report.
https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2021/2/4/enthusiasm-growing-at-pentagon-for-otas
