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b'Over the last several years, Congress has passed several pieces of legislation meant to speed up the Defense Department\\u2019s acquisition system. Now, DoD officials have an idea of their own: they\\u2019re asking for new authorities that would let the military services begin early work on critical new programs without lawmakers\\u2019 explicit permission, arguing the current approval process takes too long and risks putting the U.S. military at a technological disadvantage.\\nThe reforms Congress has passed since the middle of the last decade have been focused on moving technologies through DOD\\u2019s acquisition bureaucracy more quickly. But none of them have made a significant dent in the delays that come from the annual budgeting and appropriations process.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'