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Until recently, small or non-traditional defense companies had very few opportunities to win lucrative Department of Defense (DoD) contracts. However, through a change in their contract award approach and the embrace of Open Source Software (OSS) as a strategic accelerator for new and innovative solutions, the DoD has opened the door to many smaller and midsize companies to actively contribute.
OSS opens the door for any development company to create unique and valuable applications in a relatively short amount of time. This allows them to focus on their differentiators, while not spending massive amounts of resources in building out the basic building blocks that are the table stakes but are not closing the deal. ....

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