“We will do what is necessary to ensure a safe, safe conduct of their visit. And I’ll just leave it at that,” Gen. Mark Milley told a small group of reporters in Sydney.
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DoD uses FAR Part 12 acquisitions to save hundreds of millions of dollars in “of a type” systems like civil landing systems with applicability to military aircraft.
“It’s not just the continuity. It’s the fact that if they changed people you would have risked some delays” as new leaders are brought up to speed, said Neil James, head of the non-partisan Australia Defence Association. “The big challenge for AUKUS has always been the timeline, and this could have affected it.”
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