New approaches to the development and procurement of new capabilities are being designed.
The profound problems the Air Force--and indeed the entire military--has with weapons development and procurement is a separate issue.
Nunn and Warner to the effect that a veto threat is not sufficient to ensure congressional support for large-scale, multi-year development and procurement programs.
The flip-side, of course, of Britain's decisions not to team with the United States is the rapidly expanding number of development and procurement deals London is striking with the Europeans.
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All these steps, to say nothing of the research and development and procurement costs associated with the next generation of military hardware simply cannot be paid for within existing budget limitations.
In addition, it has increased funding for schools development, resources procurement, human resources development and adult non-formal education programmes.
The problem of cost overruns lies not so much in the F-22 itself as in the entire government procurement and development process, an area that badly needs reform.
Government officials in both countries have enormous influence over contracts and procurement, development and infrastructure projects, loan approvals, real estate transactions, land use rights, and preferences in regulated industries.
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In their frenzied efforts to argue for prompt termination of research and development on or the cancellation of procurement of such weapons, however, these partisans frequently missed one essential point: Fielding state-of-the-art technologies that often determine whether U.S. forces will enjoy a decisive qualitative edge over their adversaries requires taking some risks.
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At Dvoinoye in Russia, development of an exploration decline and construction of surface facilities is on schedule, as are procurement and engineering, Kinross said.
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