- Many military contracts include provisions that do not allow the United States Army to repair their own team.
- This can change thanks to a new transformation strategy
- Both Republicans and Democrats have advocated the right to repair
Surprisingly, under previous acquisition contracts, the US Army. UU. He has not always had the right to repair his own team, but both Democrats and Republicans agree that this now has to change.
The Secretary of the US Army. UU., Dan Driscoll and General Randy George, Chief of the United States Army Cabinet, have issued an announcement that confirms a “comprehensive transformation strategy”, which will examine all the requirements and eliminate the unnecessary, unnecessary, prioritize the fighting formations to light for lethality, and enhance the leaders of Echelon to make calls to make calls to make calls harsh to guarantee the line of resources with strategic objectives. “
The strategy, called the Army transformation initiative, has three sides; “Provide critical war abilities, optimize our strength structure and eliminate obsolete waste and programs.”
A containment point
This change is part of a broader effort implemented by the current Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, who launched a memorandum by encouraging the United States to “transform themselves at an accelerated pace by disinverting obsolete, redundant and inefficient programs, as well as restructuring the headquarters and acquisition systems.”
Hegseth urges the United States Army to “identify and propose contract modifications for the right to repair the provisions where intellectual property limitations limit the capacity of the army to carry out maintenance and access the appropriate maintenance tools, software and technical data, while preserving the intellectual capital of the US industry”, as well as to “seek the correct provisions to repair all existing contracts and Also guarantee that these provisions are included in all new contracts.
Companies that have government contracts such as Lockheed Martin and Boeing often use expensive equipment and installers to repair and attend broken parts, but this initiative would allow military professionals to print 3D spare parts in the field and install them in a cheaper and faster way.
The registration describes a nomination hearing in which Senator Elizabeth Warren gave an example that the army needed a new safety clip cover, which the contracted provider cited $ 20 per clip and months in manufacturing time.
“Now, fortunately, the Army had managed to maintain the restrictions on the right to repair outside this contract and was able to print the part in less than an hour for a total cost of 16 cents,” Warren confirmed.
