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The Pentagon started its industry outreach on Wednesday associated with its Long-Range Research and Development Plan (LRRDP), issuing a request for information to begin a dialogue with companies, think tanks, academia and others not typically associated with defense acquisition. The LRRDP is "meant to identify breakthrough technologies and new capabilities and system concepts that offer opportunities to advance U.S. military power," Stephen Welby, deputy assistant secretary of defense for systems engineering, told reporters at the Pentagon on Wednesday.
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According to the RFI, the Defense Department "is soliciting this information to focus the study and prioritization of novel or unconventional applications of technology in ways that would provide significant, enduring capability advantage to future U.S. warfighting capabilities in conducting operations against...