It caused both companies to delay their next systems, and play catch-up by creating motion systems for their own consoles.

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They are specific instructions to fire temporary employees, cease maintenance of combat systems, delay facilities construction and scale back training.

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Firms can delay upgrades to many of their systems for years, but when the law requires new technology, delay is more difficult.

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The immediate cause of the delay is that the necessary computer systems are not ready.

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According to the report, the army should have been brought in sooner - a delay Mrs Beckett blamed on poor information systems.

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Controllers, worried about complicating an already tough situation, opted to delay deployment of solar arrays that provide electricity to onboard systems.

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