Minimizing Friendly Fire: The Army Should Consider Long-term Solution in Its Procurement Decision on Near-term Needs : Report to the Chairman, Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives |
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Page 1 - In air defence and anti submarine warfare, the process of determining the friendly or hostile character of a detected contact. 2. In arms control, the process of determining which nation is responsible for the detected violation of an arms control measure.
Page 7 - We have been working on a joint task force with the Offices of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and the Comptroller, DoD, since 1987 to identify causes of duplicative and excessive oversight and to develop appropriate corrective measures.